Introduction How did Sacha Lichine’s launch of Garrus and Whispering Angel from Château d’Esclans, which now exceeds 10 million bottles a year change Provence? What happens to a wine region when historic family estates are increasingly bought by wealthy outsiders and corporations? How can classifying wine by colour get in the way of understanding what’s actually in the glass? In …

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Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I spend each week exploring the internet for everything published about wine online, and here’s all the stuff that I think would be worth your valuable time. Standing Up for Cabernet SauvignonEric Asimov likes underdog grapes. Bet he never thought he’d …

We’ve seen a few of these Reputation wines in Costco recently and have really enjoyed them finding a nice quality to price ratio. Both the Stags Leap and Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignons were rather delicious and priced right alongside their Kirkland counterparts, which is not common. So while this Sauvignon Blanc from them didn’t carry the same limited time discount as we […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2025-reputation-cellars-sauvignon-blanc-rutherford/

There is something deeply weird happening on the Internet. And no, I am not talking about whatever thing your sick-o brain just thought up, though I am certain that whatever it is, is truly, horribly weird. I am talking about how we find and consume content and information, and, naturally, I noticed it because wine. […] This article was originally …

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Anthony Desruelles has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/144343893@N07/55513177497/in/pool-52609756@N00

Anthony Desruelles has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/144343893@N07/55514084778/in/pool-52609756@N00

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In 1996, after long careers working in Napa’s wine industry, John Skupny and his wife Tracey did something quietly radical: they started a small wine label dedicated exclusively to Cabernet Franc. They named it Lang & Reed, using the two middle names of each of their sons, J Reed Skupny and Jersey Lang Skupny. These days, especially in California, Cabernet …

Updating this story and floating to the top as these tips are timeless for buying wine at Costco. Cheers. Most of the time when we’re browsing the wine selection at Costco, we look at the labels, the price, read the description on the Costco placard and check out the point ratings. But each one of […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/three-tricks-decoding-costcos-wine-tags-nobody-tells/

Hello and welcome to my (usually) weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up on my doorstep 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 arrived recently. This past week included a set of wines from a project called Geographic …

We get a lot of pitches from wineries and PR folks to review wines from Costco, and accept them when we think it is going to be a wine that our readers will enjoy. This bottle was one of the more interesting ones that came our way. This is a proprietary Napa Valley red blend […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-priest-ranch-napa-valley-proprietary-red-blend/

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