Established in 2015 by the husband-wife winemaking team Tyler Eck and Rachel Goffinet Eck, this is a small (1500 cases) winery the couple manage to run while holding down full-time wine jobs. We joined Tyler and his son (shown here) for a tasting at the Dunites charming, new tasting room in downtown San Luis Obispo. Tyler is a UC Santa …

Spring Mountain Vineyard, a historic and sprawling estate covering hundreds of acres on its namesake mountain on the western side of Napa Valley, finally has a new owner. The MGG investment group, a hedge fund based in New York City, announced it acquired the distressed property after a bankruptcy proceeding. The purchase was made at public auction with a credit bid …

(Flickr: KBJPhoto) “In a meeting last month with its growers, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE), the Northwest’s largest winery, informed growers that the company would be substantially reducing its fruit contracts. Specifically, SMWE plans to reduce its total anticipated grape supply by 40% over the next five years.” Sean P. Sullivan has the details. In SevenFifty Daily, Samantha Maxwell on …

DSC_6436 copia | Marco Pacini | Flickr Uploaded on August 3, 2023 Taken on July 9, 2023

Calling all wine enthusiasts and connoisseurs! We are excited to announce an exclusive opportunity to delve into the world of fine Italian wines from one of the world’s most prestigious wineries Ornellaia. On Saturday, 11th November 2023 you could be among a limited Discover the essence of Ornellaia Get ready for an unforgettable masterclass as seasoned expert in the art …

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The post R(osé)-E-S-P-E-C-T (Giving Modern Rosé Wine the Love It Deserves at NVWA) appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. (image: NVWA) Please excuse this brief interruption to your day drinking to let you know that my latest (and penultimate) piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Pouring Points is now live: What Can We Learn from the World’s Top Rosé Wines? …

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Gary’s Wine | Vince Belford | Flickr Uploaded on July 29, 2023 Taken on July 28, 2023

Time for rosé | Sonoma, California | Sarah Stierch | Flickr Uploaded on July 28, 2023 Taken on July 27, 2023

Extreme weather events mean Italy’s 2023 wine harvest could be up to 14% smaller than in 2022, said national farming group Coldiretti today (3 August), in an initial forecast based on assessments of the situation across the country. It’s still early days and much depends on conditions in the coming weeks, said Coldiretti. Yet it said national production could be …

Tapada do Chaves | Alentejo, Portugal | n8fire | Flickr Uploaded on July 26, 2023 Taken on June 7, 2023

Melnik – Kordopulov House | Wine cellar | Lyura | Flickr Uploaded on July 22, 2023 Taken on July 5, 2023

Rot und Gelb sind Signalfarben, die unsere Aufmerksamkeit anziehen. Ich habe aber nur wenige Bilder bei mir entdeckt, ihn denen es beide Farben gibt!   Red and yellow are signal colors that attract our attention. But I have only discovered a few pictures with me that have both colors!   Le rouge et le jaune sont des couleurs de signal …

  2010 Vintage Gilbert & Gaillard Beautiful deep vibrant red. Intense, harmonious nose with fruit expression. The palate is seductively sappy with noble tannins and pleasant harmony even though the finish is still under the influence of oak.   …I would agree with this… Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/tedesco57/31685309675/in/pool-17918700@N00

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881. A dinner scene in HG Wells’ The Time Machine depicts the sombre Time Traveller making ‘a motion towards the wine’. Offered ‘a glass of Champagne’, he drinks. ‘It seemed to do him good,’ writes Wells, ‘and the ghost of his old smile flickered across his face.’ Boarding the time machine to …

Château Haut-Bailly and the domed roof garden of its new underground chai. March was a starry month for Bordeaux’s Pessac-Léognan, but most wine lovers didn’t even realise it. Backstage at the glamorous 95th Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, nominees and winners sipped La Clarté de Haut-Brion, a white wine made by first growth Château Haut-Brion in Pessac-Léognan. Yet few wine …

Rose? is liquid Abba. Classic, yet enduringly entertaining with wide appeal and capable of endless reinterpretations to the delight of fans old and new. While summer is without question rose?’s greatest hit, from fizz to fortified, it seems to be on tour year-round these days – but sipping in a sunbeam is tough to beat. More than any other wine …