One year ago, we launched the Old Vine Registry, the world’s first and most comprehensive global database of old-vine vineyards around the world. We launched with around 2200 vineyards from 29 different countries. Today, one year later, our entries have grown more than 50% to a total of 3353 vineyards across 36 different countries. As a crowd-sourced, non-profit public database, …

lechecce has added a photo to the pool: Do you drink a lot of wine?….. No. I spill most of it… ;o)) Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/38070237@N06/53819251792/in/pool-912056@N21

Who’s behind it: Il Ristorante Alain Ducasse is a new endeavor from celebrated French-born, Monégasque chef Alain Ducasse, who owns Wine Spectator Grand Award winner Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse in Paris, among other leading restaurants. This is Ducasse’s first restaurant in Italy, and it is located on the ninth floor of the Romeo Collection’s Romeo Napoli hotel in …

The post Hard Work, Hard Rock, and Desperation: G.D. Vajra Recent Releases appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. (image: G.D. Vajra) For several years now, I have often wondered why the wines of Piedmont’s G.D. Vajra don’t rake in 98+ points like, all the time. Sometimes I think that the major critics just don’t “get” what these wines are all …

The 10-year-on mark is always a good time to stop and evaluate top-class Bordeaux. From perceived ‘good’ or ‘bad’ vintages, the wines will usually have lost some of their baby fat and be well into their stride in terms of drinkability and approachability. Following on the heels of three less than stellar vintages, 2014 was certainly the best so-called ‘off …

Compact and creamy, with a rich underpinning of minerally smoke and brine, this expands slowly on the palate, revealing notes of yellow plum, Marcona almond, grapefruit pith and elderflower. Xarel-lo, Macabeo and Parellada. Disgorged March 2024. Drink now through 2029. 3,500 cases made, 800 cases imported. Source : 7ad354e72b53ff74941d00e5b17ae68a

Vibrant and zesty, with lively raspberry and cherry flavors accented by briar patch and licorice as this speeds toward polished tannins. Drink now through 2030. 6,500 cases made. Source : f0b10e268ecddb74acc9c63578f43f3b

Pain et Vin in Buenos Aires Vino is integral to Argentine culture. Imports can be prohibitively expensive, but – despite Argentina’s volatile economy – domestic wine consumption remains steady. Local wines are even more affordable for international visitors and many vinotecas (wine shops) hold tastings in both English and Portuguese (as well as Spanish, of course). Over the past five …