[ad_1] Wine Spectator’s annual Grand Tour is known for bringing some of the best wines from around the globe to three top food and wine destinations every year, and 2024 is no different. With two new cities added to the itinerary, over 200 of the world’s best wines will land in New Orleans, Las Vegas and Denver this spring. Attendees …

[ad_1] Fijnbosch Vineyard Give an exceptional winemaker outstanding fruit, and the result is almost predictable, a very special wine. That’s the formula at Capensis, the winery owned (since 2014) by the Jackson Family. Graham Weerts, a graduate of Eisenberg, who earned fame as a Chardonnay winemaker at Sonoma’s Stonestreet winery and was in overall charge of winemaking for Jackson Family, …

[ad_1] Red wine from Spain’s DO Toro region in Castilla y Leo?n A lot is said, these days, about the ‘histories and stories behind the label’, as producers and appellations across the world seek to engrave a sense of uniqueness in the minds of consumers. But few regions boast a viticultural and winemaking history as long and established as DO …

[ad_1] Romanée-Conti in April 2021. Credit: Corney&Barrow/DRC Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) unveiled its stable of 2021 wines in London on 7 February 2024. Detailed tasting notes and scores will be published on Decanter Premium in March, when Decanter’s Burgundy correspondent Charles Curtis MW attends the domaine’s US tasting.  Ahead of this, Decanter spoke with DRC’s co-directors Bertrand de Villaine …

[ad_1] Wine grapes after harvest in Italy. Specialist financial police in Brindisi, south-east Italy, seized assets worth more than €520,000 (£440,000) as part of the organic wine fraud probe, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples.  It’s a case that involves suspected misuse of European Union (EU) agriculture funds made available to support a wine …

[ad_1] Argentinian sommelier Florencia Rey has led the beverages team at award-winning Maido restaurant in Lima, Peru, since 2014. The Nikkei cuisine by chef-owner Mitsuharu Tsumura allows her to play around with sake as well as South American and European wines; she also runs an alcohol-free program. In November 2023, Florencia was named Beronia Latin America’s Best Sommelier 2023 as …