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The State of Existence Wine Kept Its Promise. Plastic Didn’t. Eight Thousand years of glass has been ignored. The bottle wine has never been betrayed. Three Rows Ahead ~ My Environmental Hero He was three rows ahead of me, seat C, reading for the entire flight. Not scrolling. Not dozing. Reading, the way people used […] The post Wine Kept …

Hartford Family Winery focuses on single vineyard bottlings of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel, most from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards located in the Russian River Valley. The winery was founded by Don and Jennifer Hartford in Forestville in 1994. Today, Hailey Hartford Murray, daughter of Don and Jennifer and granddaughter of Jackson Family Wines founder Jess Jackson, is President …

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Introduction How do our personal memories shape the aromas we recognize in wine? What incredible Argentine wines are people missing when they focus only on Malbec? Why do food and wines from the same region often pair beautifully even when they break the usual rules? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I’m chatting with Marisol de la Fuente. …

Andreola‘s Stefano Pola wants you to know that Prosecco’s main ingredient—Glera—is not a grape that should be dismissed as somehow ignoble. “Considering that from a single grape variety we can create a Brut and Extra Brut, and considering its versatility with food, this is not a smaller grape variety,” he told me during an online […] This article was originally …

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Dramatic skies make for a beautiful evening above vineyards near Stellenbosch, South Africa. Known traditionally as the home of South Africa’s storied Cabernet Sauvignons, Stellenbosch is gradually also becoming the home of smaller, independent wine projects focused on a wider range of grape varieties made in a fresher more energetic style. INSTRUCTIONS:Download this image by right-clicking on the image and …

We heard the new vintage of this bottle was out there, but it took a few weeks to arrive near us. Glad it finally did because we were getting concerned we’d miss it. This is the third vintage of the Kirkland Vacqueyras, and it’s a bottle we hope sticks around. Like the Cotes du Rhone […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2024-kirkland-signature-vacqueyras/

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Today, Spain’s Torres family has winemaking operations on three continents, and we previously visited them in Spain and Chile but, strangely enough, not California. Finally, a few months ago Mike Potashnik and I met up with Marimar Torres and her daughter (and General Manager of Marimar Estate) Cristina at their winery in the Russian River Valley. In this article, we …

This is a “How wine companies can reduce their carbon footprint when using the internet” story. It’s a passion of mine to find ways to save the earth. Actually, in July of 1995, I wrote an unusual story for the time. It wasn’t about “Cabs,” it was about “Cats.” I would tell people about my […] The post Not WALL-E …

The 2022 harvest marked the 25th anniversary of when celebrated Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards founded her eponymous brand. To mark the occasion, Merry Edwards (the brand, not the woman, now with Heidi von der Mehden leading the cellar, who worked alongside Edwards for five years during the transition) released an anniversary Pinot Noir. From my […] This article was originally …

Roman Foor Mosaic of Dionysus (Bacchus), God of wine, with a Leopard.   In the Domus of the Santa Giulia Museum, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. 2nd Century AD   Brescia is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Archaeological Park of Roman Brescia (Brixia) is northern Italy’s largest Roman archaeological area. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/winealchemy1/12779622545/in/pool-912056@N21