There are public wine tastings dedicated to individual grape varieties. Others are dedicated to the wines from a particular region of the world. Some are dedicated to only organic wines, or natural wines. But to my knowledge there’s only one dedicated to the whole category of white wines, and it’s taking place next month in the bucolic Anderson Valley. In …
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Ryan Gowhari and his team at Spruzzo Restaurant & Bar had been open for business for just half an hour on Jan. 7 when the call to evacuate came. Located in the Pacific Palisades, sandwiched between nearby hillsides and the Pacific Ocean, the restaurant lay right in the path of the Palisades fire, the largest of the wildfires to sweep …
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The post Old Vines, New Steps (Pedroncelli Recent Releases) appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. “Old vines are great, but they’re, well, old.” Late last year, I had the pleasure of catching up (via Zoom) with Julie Julie Pedroncelli, who (after her father officially retired at the age of 90) is now President of Pedroncelli, a stalwart fixture on the …
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William Lowe MW is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). DWWA Judge, William Lowe MWWilliam Lowe MW With over a quarter of a century in the trade, William Lowe MW is both a master distiller and master of wine. Currently writing a PhD at the University of Cambridge on the “Chemistry of Quality in Wines and …
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Victoria Anderson is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards. Victoria Anderson, DWWA JudgeVictoria Anderson Victoria Anderson began her career in the wine industry after discovering a love of wine while living in Madrid. She spent seven years in London with fine wine merchant Armit Wines becoming one of their buyers, responsible for developing exclusive agency relationships for …
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Opportunistic collectors have been replenishing their cellars with blue-chip Burgundy wines at lower prices, but the market’s near-term outlook has remained uncertain. Buyer interest in certain top-tier Burgundy producers picked up in 2024, within a challenging fine wine trading environment, according to some merchants. Bordeaux Index reported ‘a big recovery’ in trading volumes of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) and …
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Toemel has added a photo to the pool: Défense de traverser les voies! Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/spectahuc/54269461668/in/pool-52609756@N00
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