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. News cadence is a little slow over the holidays, so this is a shorter …
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2025 is only moments away, but before we flip the calendar, Wine Spectator’s editors would like to remember the wine industry pioneers, innovators and history makers we lost this year. In 2024, we said goodbye to longtime California wine industry leaders Warren Winiarski, Jan Shrem and Eleanor Coppola, as well as architect Howard Backen, who helped define the very look …
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Chef Patrick O’Connell in The Inn’s kitchen If seasonal cuisine, based on local produce, is now an ubiquitous concept among fine-dining chefs and restaurateurs that is thanks to pioneers like Patrick O’Connell. Often referred to as the ‘Pope of American Cuisine’, O’Connell defined a unique style at the crossroads of classical French canon and Virginia’s farming heritage. Today, his three …
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The post The Most Popular 1WineDude Articles of 2024 appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. Abiding… AS we bid adieu to 2024, we in the wine biz (and probably the world in general) can look towards the future with… a sense of dread and trepidation, probably. So instead, let’s look back on 2024 here on 1WD, as I give you …
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The location and character of the vineyards are the essence of the Remírez de Ganuza project. The idea that the best wines can only be made from the best grapes hailing from carefully selected plots – leveraged by an innovative, detail-driven approach in the cellar – was the foundation of Fernando Remírez de Ganuza’s vision, carried on today by owner …
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Beth Willard, Valentin Radosav and Diana Rollan tasted 69 wines, with 9 Outstanding and 28 Highly Recommended. Spanish Garnacha: Panel tasting scores 69 wines tasted Exceptional 0 Outstanding 9 Highly recommended 28 Recommended 32 Entry criteria: Producers and UK agents were invited to submit current-release, still red wines in which Garnacha makes up at least 85% of the blend, from …
Read More »Expressive notes of pomegranate and raspberry show pretty lavender perfume alongside wafts of apple wood smoke and black pepper. Fine yet substantial tannins hold a firm grip, with graphite power building. Concentrated and firmly structured on a sleek, powerful frame. Tightly wound, this will be even better with a few years in the cellar. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault. Best …
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As 2024 comes to a close, I saved some very special press releases, as an exit to a great year. These are the Best Press Releases for 12.31.24. My first story begins through a press release from the World of Fine Wine, about Sarah Marsh’s adventures in Europe. Valdo Salnés: Such individuality Sarah Marsh MW […] The post Best Press …
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