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Martine Saunier, who brought the wines of Burgundy’s Henri Jayer and Domaine Leroy and Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s Château Rayas to America as a trailblazing importer, died Feb. 9 from lung cancer. She was 91. Saunier had an exceptional palate for wine, a clear vision and a fierce determination to follow her own path. For more than 30 years, she imported some of …

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for February 10, 2025 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) …

credit: drwinkler Baia Abuladze grew up in an Imereti winemaking family.  Her grandfather Bondo Ghvaladze was chief agronomist for the local collective vineyard in Soviet times, and her uncle Zurab Ghvaladze makes wine from his family’s nearby small vineyard.  Baia caught the wine bug while studying at university, and soon her siblings joined her in developing their family winery in …

While the immediate imposition of broad-reaching tariffs has been postponed, the Canada-US trade war is far from over. Trump stated that the pause is meant to ‘see whether or not a final economic deal with Canada can be structured [that is fair].’ So while Canada’s concessions on border security spending appear to satisfy some of Trump’s demands, he continues to …

Alvaro Palacios, L’Ermita Gran Vinya Classificada, Priorat First vintage: 1993 It’s difficult to be indifferent to the trademark purity of fruit, chiselled tannins and intense minerality of L’Ermita. Hailing from the eponymous 1.44ha plot in Gratallops, in the heart of Priorat, the wine quickly became Alvaro Palacios’ most sought-after, following its first release in 1993, four years after the star …

The UK trade and press were the first to taste DRC 2022 from bottle. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti has released its 2022 wines in bottle and the UK wine trade and press were the first to taste them in London last week. The domaine’s co-directors Perrine Fenal and Bertrand de Villaine were present, alongside UK agent Corney & Barrow’s managing …

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Arguably the biggest changes in wine over the last decade have not come in the bottle, but in the accessibility of the wineries themselves. It’s not that long ago that visits used to be largely of the ‘phone ahead, cross your fingers and hope for the best’ variety. Now the vast majority of producers are open for tastings and tours, …

My cigarette principles are as follows: I only smoke after midnight or in France – whereby packs of Marlboro Gold come plastered with close-up shots of blackened lungs or chains of rotting teeth. And while yes, I belong to the absolute lowest common denominator of smoker (neither debaucherous enough to lean in, nor righteous enough to properly abstain) my point …

This friendly, luscious version features supple flavors of cherry and apple wood smoke, with simmering graphite underneath. Offers dried herbs and toasted anise on the supple yet well-structured frame. Solid. Drink now. 17,000 cases made, 3,500 cases imported. Source : 149239cc2b9839851cbb6d12407509c2

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Saturday Self-Challenge-Twisted   This is what’s left of the old volunteer Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Vine. Its growing around a cable from the Direct Dish that is above on the roof. We didn’t plant it. It might have been in the bird seed that fell on the ground when I had my bird feeder near there. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyz51/54314410522/in/pool-52609756@N00

This vineyard of finely aligned vines has no crop circles . . .   This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottholcomb/54313571193/in/pool-52609756@N00

And now a word from the White House.   This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottholcomb/54311823559/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Palm fronds are a symbol of peace, victory and abundance.   This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop. Done Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottholcomb/54306408762/in/pool-52609756@N00

Manfred Hofmann has added a photo to the pool: Blick auf Ruppertsberg, in der Ferne der Odenwald Infrarotaufnahme Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/manfredhofmann/54306846638/in/pool-52609756@N00