For the third year in a row, Ornellaia has launched the new vintage of its flagship SuperTuscan via international livestream, broadcast from the winery in Bolgheri. During the livestream, estate director, Axel Heinz described the 2020 as ‘a classic Ornellaia’. He also noted that, ‘for once, it was our only priority because we had nothing else to do,’ referring to …

Having been closed for several months, chef Michael Mina’s Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence–winning Stripsteak in Las Vegas reopened Dec. 30 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, with a revamped menu and a new design. “We opened Stripsteak 17 years ago. In fact, it was my very first steakhouse!” Mina, the founder and executive chairman of his …

Vineyards in Valpolicella. (Source: Wikimedia) In Wine Spectator, Robert Camuto looks at the young members of Valpolicella’s wine industry who are working together to craft the region’s future. In Wine-Searcher, James Lawrence delves into the “quiet revolution” going on in Rioja – a focus on white wines. In Wine Enthusiast, Sara Ventiera explores the Cucamonga Valley, a forgotten wine area …

Eskom power lines in the Cape Winelands region. Daily power cuts are wreaking havoc on South African wine producers as they struggle to irrigate and press grapes during the harvest. Electricity from state-run power company Eskom has gone down every day so far this year, and the rolling blackouts have left some producers on the brink. Christo Conradie, manager of …

While Sauvignon Blanc is New Zealand’s calling card, it’s clear that New Zealand produces a diverse range of grape varieties and wine styles. In fact, on the North Island its Chardonnay which has reached full potential for white varieties with some outstanding examples being produced from Auckland to Martinborough. At the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards, ‘there were high expectations …

Saint Valentine is patron saint of lovers, beekeepers and even epileptics. Imprisoned for helping and marrying persecuted Christians, the demise of this most misunderstood of bishops was bitter: he was, accounts suggest, stoned then decapitated outside Rome’s Flaminian Gate by the order of his once friend, Emperor Claudius. Minus the gore, Valentine’s Day itself was later romanticised by Geoffrey Chaucer …

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