Iconic Wines - Unbeatable Prices
Iconic Wines - Unbeatable Prices
After some feedback from a few of you, I’ve renamed this series from “What Do I Like to Drink?” to “How to Discover your Taste in Wine”. If you’re curious about the wines that I personally like to drink, don’t…
The Festival of Samhain approaches, when the otherworld draws close to our own. Once a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter on November 1st, it was appropriated by Western Christianity as All Saints…
How many bottles does it really take to know what you like? In this three-part series, we look at the minimum effective tasting plan to get a handle on the world of wine.
Three lessons from tasting 35 vintages of Vega Sicilia Unico over six decades of dedication to wine production in Ribera del Duero
How many bottles does it really take to know what you like? In this three-part series, we look at the minimum effective tasting plan to get a handle on the world of wine.
Never let your Barolo know your next move. If it knows it’s in danger of being opened, it’ll muster up tannins like you wouldn’t believe. If you’ve ever opened a bottle of one of the Barolo icons from the 1960s…
I recently attended a wine event (which shall remain nameless) where a significantly spicy dish was served early in the evening as the first seated course. The dish was drawing on South Korean culinary traditions and was quite lovely, until…
One of the perks of being a wine merchant is that I get to taste a comical amount of wine. Questions of health aside, this breadth of exposure to Dionysian pleasures (and the occasional Promethean torment) has led me to…
It’s an off-year for the Olympic Games, but not to worry – we know another way to pit the nations of the world against one another in friendly competition: Cabernet Sauvignon. The World’s Most-Planted Grape (Almost) To make a new…
One of the oldest delimited wine-producing regions in Europe, Chianti Classico has weathered countless setbacks over its (at least) six-century history. But today the quality of Chianti Classico is at an all-time high, with ambitious young producers turning out some…
– This article covers Dr. Jules Lavalle’s forgotten Grand Crus of the Côte de Beaune. For an intro to the concept of “Super Firsts” and the Côte de Nuits villages, check out Part 1 – The Côte de Beaune Today…
– This article covers Dr. Jules Lavalle’s forgotten Grand Crus of the Côte de Nuits. For the Côte de Beaune villages, skip to Part 2 – Mention the year 1855 to any wine lover and you are likely to get…