During our Zoom interview on August 24th, we had a chance to meet McPrice “Mac” Myers who is the winemaker and founder at McPrice Myers winery. This interview came about after I heard Mac and Billy Grant on Adam Montiel’s Paso Robles based podcast “Where […] The post Winemaker Interview Series – McPrice “Mac” Myers from McPrice Myers Winery first …

In California, where I live, it is illegal for me to be served alcohol by someone whose attire exposes the cleft of their buttocks or any portion of the female breast below the top of an areola. The establishment where I buy my alcohol is also forbidden to sell scouring pads, syringes, blowtorches, measuring scales, or any other paraphernalia that …

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week. Mistreating WineI couldn’t agree more. The MoselA primer based in culture. A totemic TasmanianJancis …

Yannis Economou Yiannis Economou is one of Greece’s preeminent winemakers.  He combines deep knowledge of winemaking with a unique sense of artistry and produces original, beautifully crafted and refined wines. His domaine is located on Sitia in eastern Crete where he sources grapes from very low yielding, organically cultivated, self-rooted, old indigenous vines as well as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon …

With the festive season upon us, Waitrose & Partner’s wine shelves are already showing a spirit of celebration with an interesting and diverse sparkling, sweet and fortified selection. But the retailer’s autumn/winter line up also has fantastic everyday-drinking additions. Sparkling choices This is the time of the year when retailers usually invest firmly on their sparkling ranges. Waitrose’s bubbly section …

Cover crops (crimson clover) at H.J. Wiemer’s Josef Vineyard Sustainability has, in recent years, become one of the hottest topics in the wine world, against the backdrop of an ever more challenging growing environment and of the increasing awareness of consumers. It is not always analysed, however, in all its aspects and facets; sustainable winegrowing goes well beyond viticultural practices, …

Juan Gil vineyards, Jumilla In Jumilla, the odds are that you will bump into someone wearing sturdy boots, with a trowel and a magnifying glass in their backpack. These are the tools of the seekers after soils – the geologists. I met a jovial party of them from Holland at the next table on my first night of my stay …

The Castillo de Peñafiel at dusk, in the west of the Ribera del Duero DO region. A relatively young classic on the Spanish fine wine scene, Ribera del Duero’s red wines are made mainly from Tempranillo (as is Rioja) and need considerable ageing in oak barrels to acquire their balance and silkiness, and to attain complex aromatic expression. Ribera wines …

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Ribeiro, Galicia’s oldest Denominacio?n de Origen (DO), has been on a roll in recent vintages. While retaining and refining the region’s long-held and deserved reputation as the home of some of Spain’s most attractively fresh, aromatic and easy-drinking white wines, its winemakers have been adding some more ambitious bottlings to their offer. These wines add an extra layer of shimmering …

Let’s start with a trivia question: Officially established in 1932, which wine region is the oldest Denominacio?n de Origen (DO) in Galicia? The answer, Ribeiro, will come as no surprise to anyone who has visited Spain and seen first-hand the prominence of Ribeiro’s wines on the shelves of local wine merchants and the pages of restaurant wine lists. Throughout Spain, …

Born in LA, Ann Long grew up in Cannes where she started her wine journey. She is now head sommelier at Le Mas du Langoustier which specialises in fish dishes. ‘Our clients are international and upper class, often wine aficionados, so we want them to discover new winemakers while they are here. I am trying to take out household names …

A juicy, fan-friendly wine, with a flash of mint giving way to brambly raspberry and boysenberry pâte de fruit notes, which are backed by a snap of red licorice on the finish. A light sassafras note peeks in, too. Drink now through 2030. 12,400 cases made. Source : 5f5e1e38587ec0e9ecfe4b314a351668

Succulent and juicy, showing nectarine, pear and citrus flavors that have firm acidity, with details of spice and dried flowers. Drink now. 9,000 cases made, 3,000 cases imported. Source : 55ca57599e83b2be62fb4c880ca21736