[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. The Twilight of the American SommelierBecause the news on wine has been so …

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[ad_1] I try to keep up with as much of what’s going on in the wine world as I can. I accomplish this by tasting widely, reading widely, and talking with my colleagues in the industry whenever the opportunity allows. While I think I’m far from masterful at such activities, I don’t often find myself blindsided by emerging trends in …

[ad_1] Grape harvest in Beaujolais, France. It is now 20 years since Paul Giamatti’s character delivered a major blow to Merlot producers in the Oscar-winning comedy Sideways. ‘No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving,’ screamed an apoplectic Miles. ‘I am not drinking any ****ing Merlot.’ Stats from Sonoma State University showed that Merlot sales in the American market fell by …

[ad_1] The name of Bodegas Lan, so the story goes, stands for the three main provinces that make up Rioja: Logroño (now La Rioja), Alava and Navarra. The winery was founded in 1972 by a group of men from Bilbao looking to set up a txoko, a traditional Basque dining club. Lan was not alone; Beronia, also launched in the …

[ad_1] Michaela Morris at DWWA judging week Michaela Morris is an international wine writer, contributor, judge and educator. She is one of the first certified Italian wine experts through Vinitaly International Academy 2015, co-created the curriculum for VIA’s Italian Wine Maestro course and teaches about Italian wines across Canada and abroad. Morris always had an interest in wine but, as …

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[ad_1] With a host of sparkling wine stoppers on the market, Tom tests out which produce the best results… Can a sparkling wine be kept in top condition once open? Many kitchens will have a traditional winged Champagne stopper tucked away for emergencies, but the list of premium stoppers offering promises of perfect glasses for days (if not weeks) is …