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Félix Martínez Roda at Vera de Estenas’ cellar In June 2023, Félix Martínez Roda invited journalists, experts and friends for a very special tasting at Vera de Estenas: a vertical of Casa Don Ángel, going back to 2018, the very first vintage of the winery’s flagship DO Utiel-Requena wine. It was a celebration not only of the wine’s character, longevity …

Bruno Borie, owner and manager of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, with the bottles that represent a 20-year vertical beginning the year he took over the estate These line-ups give me insight into place, time and weather, and prompt questions. How has a specific vintage evolved over the years? What behind-the-scenes dramas of frost, hailstorms or heatwaves have found their way into tastes …

It’s lucky that Irish-born Dermot Sugrue thrives on stress. The past few years have been a whirlwind for the supremely talented, Sussex-based winemaker, who has 20 years of experience under his belt with a raft of well-known English winery names. In that time he has left Wiston Estate, where he worked for 16 years, moved house, got married, had a …

Born in Athens, Carolina Doriti has worked as a chef, recipe developer, restaurant consultant and food journalist, and is the culinary producer of the USA TV series My Greek Table, presented by Diane Kochilas. Carolina is also the Athens bureau chief for Culinary Backstreets, a company that runs gastronomy tours around the world. I have lived most of my life …

The Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) had another strong showing at its annual auction in support of northwest Florida children in need. On April 27, the event gathered over 600 wine lovers at Grand Boulevard Sandestin Town Center in Miramar Beach and raised more than $3.3 million for 17 children’s charities. The auction, which began in 2005, has established itself …

Harvesting Carmenère at Concha Y Toro. The 2023/2024 season has been another unusual one for Chile. In contrast to the extreme summer of the 2023 vintage, this season has been marked by mild temperatures. But the really striking thing about harvest 2024 was the contrasting impacts of the weather on the north and the rest of the country. Ocean impact …

I’m guessing most of my readers need no introduction to the concept of biodynamic farming, but for those who might be hazy on the concept, it is an approach to farming popularized by Rudolph Steiner in 1924 through a series of lectures he gave on the subject. The principles of biodynamics are many, and varied, but they focus on building …

The 2023 vintage in Bordeaux is certainly heterogenous in quality, but not always according to price. While true that estates with the means to have properly handled the mildew attack in June, for example, hold an advantage, 2023 nonetheless includes many reasonably priced wines that deliver high… Source : https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-value-bordeaux-2023-wines-tasted-en-primeur-528840/

The historic winery of Marqués de Murrieta. Leaving aside its most traditional meaning as a devotional image of Christ, an icon has come to mean ‘a person or thing serving as a representative symbol’, a symbol that may or may not be worthy of veneration, but certainly merits respect.  I have selected six wines from Rioja that, I feel, meet this …

Vineyard scene in Margaret River. Gladstones was widely known as the ‘godfather of Margaret River’ after recognising the region’s vast potential back in 1966. Two years ago, he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia in recognition of his distinguished service to viticulture and agriculture. The Australian Wine Encyclopedia described Gladstones as ‘in the view of many, Australia’s …

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Wine with burgers: Styles to consider Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah / Shiraz Grenache / Garnacha Sangiovese Pinot Noir Cabernet Franc  Grüner Veltliner with chicken burgers Rossese di Dolceacqua with tuna burgers Orange wines or earthy Pinot Noir with veggie burgers A brief burger history An ancient recipe book named Apicius suggests that Romans were eating wine-infused meat patties centuries before Ronald McDonald and his associates, …

Under the Alpine sun, there’s Taste of Vail – the ultimate spring-break festival for ski lovers, culinary connoisseurs, spa goers and wine enthusiasts. One of the top food and wine festivals in the US, Taste of Vail has been transforming the cobblestoned streets and mountaintops of Vail for over 30 years, bringing winemakers, chefs and epicures together in the heart …

A vineyard of syrah grapes located along Foxen Canyon Road. Twenty years on, ‘the Sideways effect’ continues in the Santa Ynez Valley. The film, directed by Alexander Payne, follows the misadventures of two middle-aged friends on a bachelor weekend road trip through Santa Barbara’s Sta Rita Hills, visiting some of the area’s most celebrated vineyards and restaurant staples. The protagonist, …

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week. Millennials loved these Napa wineries. They shut down anywayMaybe they didn’t love them quite …

The pioneers of California viticulture were the Mexican padres who, beginning in the late 1700s, planted grapes as they established missions up the coast of what was then known as Baja California. Their methodical march northwards in California and their dedication to planting vineyards for sacramental wine means that long before wine grapes were even imagined as crops in Napa …

Colombia Valley is one of America’s prime spots for Syrah. Syrah in the US remains an enigma. Cult brands that emerged during the 1990s – Sine Qua Non on the Central Coast or Cayuse Vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley – are among the country’s iconic and most expensive wines. But by and large, Syrah is still the perennial underdog …

Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis & Listrac 2023: A variable vintage Scroll down to see notes and scores for the top Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis & Listrac en primeur 2023 wines {“content”:”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”} See the top-scoring Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis & Listrac 2023 en primeur wines {} {“wineId”:”82889″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”82663″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”82893″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”82712″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”82714″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”82672″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”83030″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”83026″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”83023″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true} {“wineId”:”83021″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}

There’s a lot of talk these days among the wine cognoscenti about the waning significance of the distinctions “Old World” and “New World” when it comes to describing wine. Blind tastings among experts (most recently one held at the London Wine Fair) make it clear that even the most knowledgeable palates can’t reliably identify into which of the two categories …

Dry white Bordeaux 2023: An undeniable success Average yield for whites in Pessac-Léognan: 50.3hl/ha Variance from 2022: +45% Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for the top dry white en primeur 2023 wines