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Daily Archives: December 31, 2024

Top Wine Videos of 2024

Our most-popular videos of 2024 demonstrate our viewers’ insatiable interest in wine knowledge, from exclusive interviews to In The Vineyard chats with winemakers. This year Wine Spectator editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken sat down with two iconic vintners, Angelo Gaja and Christian Moueix, for in-depth conversations, diving into the philosophies, legacies and never-before-heard stories of these two titans of …

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Top Wine and Health Stories of 2024

Researchers and wine lovers have long been interested in the potential links between moderate alcohol consumption and good health. That interest only grew in 2024. While a vocal neo-Prohibitionist movement has questioned the health benefits of any alcohol, a steady stream of new research continues to draw strong links between alcohol—especially wine—and healthy living. Beyond breaking down the latest studies, we also …

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Eternal Wine

Oliver Schoepgens has added a photo to the pool: Bad Kreuznach / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany Album of Germany: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157626068… Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/54237864280/in/pool-17918700@N00

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Pinot Noir²

Oliver Schoepgens has added a photo to the pool: Bad Kreuznach / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany Album of Germany: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157626068… Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/54235494874/in/pool-17918700@N00

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Kreuznacher Paradies

Oliver Schoepgens has added a photo to the pool: Bad Kreuznach / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany [EXPLORE – 2024-12-30] Album of Germany: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157626068… Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/54233515644/in/pool-17918700@N00

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Cromwell | Bruce Jackson Memorial Lookout, overlooking Cromw…

Bruce Jackson Memorial Lookout, overlooking Cromwell, Central Otago, South Island, NZ. At State Highway 8 on Lake Dunstan, just about the furthest point from the sea of anywhere in New Zealand. Historically known for Gold mining and then soft fruit, now it’s Pinot Noir wines. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/winealchemy1/1780576243/in/pool-17918700@N00

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Tom Hewson: My top 10 Champagnes of 2024

‘The bottles that instantly rose to the top of this list were largely ones that I shared with others,’ says Hewson. The most memorable bottles aren’t just excellent wines; they’re wines with a quality that has come in spite of something. These are wines that have had to overcome an opposing force, whether the vicissitudes of their vintage, a perilously …

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Wine to 5: Adam Porter MW, wine & spirits buying manager, luxury retail

Heading up the wine and spirits buying team at London’s Harrods department store, Adam Porter has 15 years’ experience in wine trade. Adam received the IMW Chair’s Award for the top business of wine paper and the Noval Award for the best research paper by a new MW. He has also worked as an independent consultant, wine educator and wine …

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El Cep Brut Cava Gelida Gran Reserva 2019 $24 (88 points)

Crisp and minerally, offering a lacy mousse and a snappy mix of crunchy pear and white peach fruit, with accents of pickled ginger, lemon pith and white blossoms. Salty. Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada and Chardonnay. Drink now. 10,000 cases made, 6,000 cases imported. Source : 92c18f612ca2fe20e2fe2194732245fa

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