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sarahstierch has added a photo to the pool: Gehricke Wines, Sonoma, California www.gehrickewines.com/ Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahvain/54051318826/in/pool-17918700@N00

sarahstierch has added a photo to the pool: 2024 Porsches on the Plaza Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahvain/54048708901/in/pool-17918700@N00

sarahstierch has added a photo to the pool: Parkside Wine Bar, Sonoma, California Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahvain/54048999110/in/pool-17918700@N00

Hadi Hormozi has added a photo to the pool: Vineyard, Basque Country – Spain Talai Berri Txakoli Winery, Zarautz – Spain Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/187493411@N03/54027183533/in/pool-17918700@N00

The Nebbiolo (locally: Chiavennasca) vineyards of the ArPePe winery in Valtellina DOCG Superiore, subzone Grumello. Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.   The vineyards are so steep that the terraces have a single row of vines. The harvested grapes descend to the winery in buckets on motorised cables. The buckets also transport tools, etc., up to the terraces. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/winealchemy1/1780611201/in/pool-17918700@N00

The diversity of Piedmont’s terroirs gives its DOCGs and DOCs their famed characters. Piedmont, one of Italy’s premier and most distinctive wine regions, is blessed with an embarrassment of riches. Four DOCGs and 10 DOCs, many of them famed worldwide, are overseen by the Consorzio Barbera d’Asti e Vini del Monferrato, established in 1946. These highly individual wines, produced from …

The sandy soils of Sablet. Imagine you’re an actor in a film with a large ensemble of other highly competent artists. None of you are household names. But the lead role has just been cast – and it’s gone to Arnold Schwarzenegger. On the one hand, it’s good to have a superstar to draw attention to the movie. But on …

Duckhorn Vineyards. Duckhorn stockholders will receive $11.10 per share from the all-cash transaction, which is expected to complete ‘this winter’. Adam Waglay, co-founder of Butterfly Equity, said: ‘This is an incredible opportunity, and we look forward to bringing our specialised expertise and deep food and beverage network to bear to help amplify and accelerate the company’s mission to have their …

Napa Valley’s Ovid earned perfect, 100-point scores from Decanter for its 2013 and 2021 Cabernet Sauvignons. Although both wines come from Ovid’s six hectares of vines atop Pritchard Hill, overlooking the Oakville AVA, they are separated not only by eight vintages but also by differences in climate, vine age and myriad other micro-transformations of the site. Continuity and change Winemaker …

Château Palmer director Thomas Duroux. Delegates from the Paso Robles CAB Collective (PRCC) recently visited Bordeaux. They met with sustainability leaders to address challenges posed by climate change in cultivating Bordeaux varieties and to learn best practices from the historic French region. ‘With the changing climate in the world, it’s essential to share skills,’ said Marielle Cazaux, general manager and …

Italy boasts the world’s oldest and largest tradition of truffle hunting, which is part of the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. Over 70,000 licensed hunters wander in the Italian forests at night with their dogs, which are essential to detect the scent of truffles beneath the soil. Its truffle capital is Alba in the Piedmont region, which is home to …

Harvest in Julienas, Beaujolais, France. The third Thursday in November used to be a date of note in the oenophile’s diary. Since 1985, it had been decreed as the official release date of Beaujolais Nouveau, an annual cause for celebration of the fruity, purple-tinged debutante. The heyday of Beaujolais Nouveau has long since passed but at the higher-quality end of …

My curiosity grew with age and led me to sign up to my first wine course. Years later, I was determined to transform my interest in wine into a career. Naively, I assumed that passion would be enough, but soon realised that it wasn’t so. My lack of experience as a sommelier resulted in countless application rejections and unsuccessful interviews. …

There’s plenty of aromatic charm to this supple, medium-bodied version. Celery seed and fresh-cut chive notes infuse a base of melon and white cherry, with meadow blossom high tones. Offers gentle earthiness on a chalky palate, with white tea tannins and a jolt of acidity cleaning up the finish. Drink now through 2029. 1,583 cases imported. Source : 7f4057ec7917d48e4caf38a14d17d72b

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. Lulie Halstead Identifies the Opportunities in the Beverage Alcohol MarketLulie knows what she’s talking …