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. Why You Should Stop Being Afraid of Sulfur in WineYour periodic reminder. The future …
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Vineyards of Cote Rotie in France Tall and slim, with bright, expressive eyes, Julien Barge has something of the mad scientist about him. His family has lived in the same street in Ampuis for 200 years, but the impression of permanence this offers is illusory. This is a Côte-Rôtie estate in constant evolution. Julien took over from his father Gilles …
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In this Olympic year, Greek producer Kir-Yianni is celebrating its own podium performance. Its gold medal-winning Diaporos Xinomavro 2019 was one of the three highest-scoring Greek reds at DWWA 2024, while its Naoussa Cuve?e Villages Xinomavro 2021 was awarded a silver. Kir-Yianni was founded in 1997 by Yiannis Boutaris after he left Boutari, the family winery founded by his grandfather …
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Got Wine, Liquor, and Marijuana Wine sales are down, and there are a lot of people talking about this, within my chosen field. Prohibitionists are loving it as they try to cash in on some guilt, while indoctrinate their religious beliefs in the process. I got a really obvious Email after I wrote, “The Neo-Prohibitionism […] The post Got Wine, …
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An old vine in Oakville. Napa Valley Cabernet 2021: full vintage report and top-scoring wines The 2021 vintage in Oakville produced some of Napa Valley’s best wines, hewn from a growing season that was even, calm, and free from the impacts of wildfires or significant heat spikes. However, this was not a vintage devoid of some drama for Oakville growers: …
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Vineyards in Sancerre, Lore Valley. France is expected to produce one of its smallest vintages of the past century, with Burgundy and the Loire Valley particularly hard hit by mildew and poor fruit set after an unusually wet start to the summer, according to an updated government forecast. Wine production is estimated to fall 18% to 39.3 million hectolitres, a …
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Balloons fly over vineyards in Cappadocia, a region in central Turkey known for growing the white Emir grape. The wine scene in Turkey is on the cusp of change, with a growing movement to revive indigenous grapes making it one of the most exciting new frontiers in the world of wine. It’s also a country of contradictions, with the world’s …
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Sainsbury’s is one of the UK’s Big Four supermarkets, and it has an admirable range of wines. Here are just a few picks of the retailer’s top performers from this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards. With over 1,400 supermarkets and convenience stores, shoppers can expect plenty of choice from Sainsbury’s. One of the most popular of those choices from this …
Read More »Leads with savory undertones and hints of dried strawberry and cardamom before adding a juicy plum core, while subtle floral and herb notes chime in. Offers rich dark chocolate details, with nice persistence and firm but integrated tannins. Drink now through 3036. 4,000 cases made, 1,100 cases imported. Source : 8df41a130cbfeb342adbca74ba62eef7
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