One of our favorite Kirkland wines, and many readers’ favorite too, is back in stores with the new 2022 vintage. Right on time too as we reviewed the 2021 vintage August 12 of last year. The price stayed the same at $22.99, which is good since it had climbed up to $23.99, and fell back … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2022-kirkland-signature-stags-leap-district-cabernet-sauvignon/

Harvest has begun for some producers here in Northern California, and we’re looking at receiving perhaps the first rains of the Autumn season this weekend. That put me in the mind of autumn and so I thought I’d share a lovely view of old vines in their autumn splendor from the Itata Valley in Chile. A mix of País, Carignan, …

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for August 19, 2024 appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) …

What’s happening: Australian-born, Los Angeles–based chef Curtis Stone recently announced that he will close his 10-year-old tasting-menu restaurant Maude in Beverly Hills, Calif. The restaurant has held a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence since 2019, and it is named after one of the chef’s grandmothers, as is Stone’s other L.A. restaurant, Best of Award of Excellence winner Gwen …

Crisp acidity frames this snappy Prosecco, with flavors of crunchy white pear fruit, tangerine peel and blanched almond riding a creamy bead. Drink now. 37,000 cases made, 10,000 cases imported. Source : 60b496445e8e659bee4d90f4aa1bca94

The Cognac has been preserved in a remarkable bottle made of cut lead crystal glass, with the name of the producer and the vintage engraved into the mount. This bottle features an accompanying green stone base with gilded letters, an engraved glass and a stopper. They are all housed in a glass dome, which has helped the ensemble stay in …

It looks like this is going to be more of an August wine arrival now compared to end of year as it had been for a while. But now two years in a row we’re getting it early. The price is staying the same as the prior vintage at $13.99 which is good since it … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2021-kirkland-signature-toscana/

Winemaker Kate Payne Brown and vineyard manager Daniel Barajas during the Chardonnay harvest. Credit: Andréa Johnson for Ambar Estate.  ‘While the 2021 vintage Chardonnays showed an immediacy of brilliant character, the elegance and precision imbued in these white wines from the long, cool, and at times, tumultuous 2022 vintage should prove to be even better over time.’ The difficulties that …

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From the back label: A bright Voignier with apricot, peach and orange aromas together with a fresh stone fruit pallet. A perfect paring with white meats, seafood, salads and a perfect match for chilli heat.   Producer: Vino Cono Alcohol: 11% volume Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/183120664@N08/53929569215/in/pool-17918700@N00

Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of Vinography Unboxed, where I highlight some of the better bottles that have crossed my doorstep recently. This past week included a bunch of fancy Portuguese wines as well as a couple of …

On January 4, 2013, the World Health Organization announced, “No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.” It was published as a statement in The Lancet Public Health: “when it comes to alcohol consumption, there is no safe amount that does not affect health.” Well, I missed that announcement for many, many months. […] The post The Neo-Prohibitionism …

Stories of appellations and wine regions hamstrung by their commercial success abound. A boom in popularity can sometimes come at the cost of diversity – both stylistic and viticultural – and identity. Perhaps this could have been said of Vinho Verde in the late 1990s, when its off-dry, fruit-driven, slightly fizzy iterations were ubiquitous. Not so today. The northwestern corner …

A stunning white, aromatic and supple, with wild fennel, quince, pear and green papaya flavors on a creamy frame. Aromatic details of mango and honeysuckle, with a whiff of flint, emerge on the finish, which just goes on and on. Drink now. 700 cases imported. Source : 17afa38c0a204cbb72be8a157f2e6d34

While I’m trained as a photographer, I’m not a professional photographer, which is to say people don’t pay me for photos. As a result, I’m not out chasing perfect conditions, waiting for the sunrise, or arranging my schedule around Golden Hour (not to mention lugging around multiple lenses and SLR bodies). But sometimes I get lucky, as I did with …

Burgundy’s wines are not cheap, and inventories are carefully monitored. Last year, the team at Maison Albert Bichot began to notice bottles were disappearing from their Beaune cellar. Somehow the wine was walking out the cellar door without anyone noticing—a few bottles here, a few bottles there, like a slow, sporadic drip. So the staff installed hidden security cameras. On …

Balloon glass of gin and tonic with lemons What flavours and aromas make you think of summer? Maybe it’s strawberries and cream, salty sea breezes or roses in the garden. Whatever summer means to you, it’s a safe bet that a gin distiller will be trying to bottle it… One of the most appealing things about the gin category is …

Moscato grapes on the vine in Asti, Piedmont. The family of grapes which sit under the ‘Muscat’ nomenclature is one of the oldest, most varied and most widely planted grape families in the world. As you might expect, there are many different synonyms for these grapes, depending on locality and specific genetic identity. The wines produced from the Muscat family …

Viognier grapes planted by Yalumba in Eden Valley, Australia Michael Hall grew up in England, but moved to Australia at the age of 40 to follow his dream of becoming a winemaker. Having settled in Barossa, naturally he turned to Shiraz. But he wanted to make white wines too. Riesling and Semillon are widespread there, but he opted for a …

Pago de Tharsys in Requena Surrounded by its estate-owned organic-certified vineyards, Pago de Tharsys follows a château-like approach when it comes both to its winemaking and sustainability programmes. Based on a profound sense of place indebted to tradition, the team at Pago de Tharsys uses simplicity and pragmatism to manage the estate without artifice and with optimal use of resources. …