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Daily Archives: February 6, 2024

Why I Support Ingredient Labeling for Wine

[ad_1] This week the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, known as the TTB, published notice 232, asking for public comment on the proposition to add mandatory ingredient, allergen, and nutritional labeling information to wine and spirits. Here is the comment that I submitted today to the TTB : I am writing both as a consumer and as a …

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Sideways

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Piemonte — Barolo

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Field in Tuscany

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Douro

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Fontanone di Goriuda

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Caves Monplaisir

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Le sang du Peuple

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Demand for Burgundy 2022 wines better than expected – Liv-ex

[ad_1] It’s too soon to judge the whole Burgundy 2022 en primeur campaign, ‘but what is clear is that it has so far gone better than many [merchants] dared imagine late last year’, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade, in a new report on the region. Burgundy’s 2022 vintage marked a return to more normal yields, following the …

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A taste of Clos des Lambrays from 1926-2022

[ad_1] Clos des Lambrays. Credit:Ian Shaw via Alamy Stock Photo The launch of ‘Vins d’Exception’ in November by LVMH threw a spotlight on four of their illustrious properties: Château Cheval Blanc, Château d’Yquem, Colgin Estate, and Domaine des Lambrays. This election to an elite club by the world’s richest man would seem to confirm the status of the Clos des …

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DWWA judge profile: Victoria Mason

[ad_1] Victoria Mason is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2024. Victoria Mason Victoria Mason Victoria Mason is a Senior Fine Wine Buyer for Bordeaux Index. Previously, she was a wine buyer for Waitrose, responsible for sourcing wines from Italy and South Africa. She has 13 years of retail buying experience at Waitrose. After gaining a scholarship …

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Wine to 5: Marinela Ivanova, beverage manager, residential yacht

[ad_1] Marinela Ivanova oversees the beverage programme for The World, Residences at Sea, the world’s largest privately owned residential yacht. A certified sommelier, and a holder of the WSET Diploma, she is responsible for the 1,200-label wine list and 15,000-bottle wine cellar on board. How did you get here? I joined The World 15 years ago, after working as a …

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Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 1/4/24

[ad_1] 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. Changing the Rules: Hoopes Trial Could Upset Decades of Zoning & Winery Permits …

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An Immigrant Succeeds in South Africa’s Wine World

[ad_1] Joseph Dhafana’s story is one of perseverance and talent, a sort of rags to vinous riches tale.  He is the son of subsistence farmers in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. As a child, he tilled the land with oxen and walked 12 km to attend the nearest school.  As a young man, he sought a better life and crossed the border to …

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