No Acqua, Solo Vino My favorite wine bar in Florence was founded in 2008, located opposite the Palazzo Pitti. The following year I made my first visit, and Pitti Gola has become a mandatory stop on every trip I make to Florence, including for this year’s 2025 Tuscan Anteprima.  The wine selection (both by bottle and glass) is impressive, the …

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for February 24, 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) …

Amanda Barnes MW, one of four new Masters of Wine announced in February 2025. Four new Masters of Wine (MW) have been announced in February 2025, including Amanda Barnes, a leading expert in South American wines who is also Regional Chair for Chile at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).  Barnes is joined by Singapore-based Jit Hang Jackie Ang, UK-based …

Winemaker Jean François Pellet in the Pepper Bridge Vineyard. The 2014 vintage in Washington State marked the beginning of evident warming trends in the region and beyond. It was a growing season that would break records for heat, but those records would be surpassed just a year later in the record-shattering 2015 vintage. For those who cellared wines from the …

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My curiosity hatched in 1990. The Banco d’Assaggio dei Vini d’Italia, organised by Perugia-based Giorgio Lungarotti and his family, was the first wine competition I was ever invited to. It proved frustrating, with an inflexible, box-ticking scoring system and no chance to find out what we’d tasted afterwards. What was the point? What impressed me was the tasteful serenity of …

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