News

I’m not entirely clear whether I’m doing readers a service, or risking great confusion by writing about Mendocino’s Anderson Valley Pinot Noir the month after I wrote about Sonoma’s Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘I tell people I’m from Anderson Valley, and they often say, “Oh yes!” – and then they start raving about Healdsburg and Cabernet Sauvignon’, says Courtney DeGraff, executive …

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. Women in wine – Alice PaillardChampagne lady. 5 Producers We Love In The Sta. …

Bodegas Izadi sits in Rioja Alavesa on the border of the Basque country. Bodegas Izadi represents a new generation of Rioja wineries: innovative, insatiably curious and diverse. Founded by the entrepreneur Gonzalo Antón in 1987, this boutique estate is committed to the highest standards of winemaking and site expression, producing exceptional wines from old bush vines and an impressive array …

Booths is known for its dedication to sourcing quality local produce. The selection below, which includes some top performers from this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, showcases this northern retailer’s quality, range – and good value. Booths is a small, family-run chain of supermarkets with 28 stores in the northwest of England. It’s known for its commitment to working with …

Clos de la Roche. Clos de la Roche is the largest grand cru in the Côte de Nuits’ Morey-St-Denis, producing sumptuous and ageworthy wines that easily last 50 years in the cellar. Despite its enviable location and undisputed quality, Clos de la Roche sometimes lacks the star power of the grands crus of Gevrey-Chambertin to the north or Chambolle-Musigny to …

Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party merupakan judul dari sebuah artikel kami kali ini. Kami ucapkan Selamat datang di steveheimoff.com, Mengungkap Dunia Perjudian Melalui Kata-kata, Strategi, dan Kisah Nyata. Pada kesempatan kali ini,kami masih bersemangat untuk membahas soal Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party. Perkenalan Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party Vampy Party adalah permainan slot bertema vampir yang menghadirkan …

The Wine Society has been celebrating its 150th anniversary throughout 2024, with a jam-packed programme of events, special bottlings and producer-facing initiatives. One of the highlights has been the quarterly release of the different tranches of the Generation Series. We sat down with wine director Pierre Mansour ahead of the fourth and final launch. Decanter: These last few years have …

Ghosts of Napa Valley is being released via Somm TV this month. Ghosts of Napa Valley is a documentary film by Jason Wise, the James Beard award-winning director behind the Somm series, and seeks to take a light-hearted and spooky look at haunted tales in the region. It follows three friends – sommelier Claire Coppi, wine writer Shakera Jones and …

The high-speed TGV train travelling alongside vineyards, Reims, Champagne. Most visitors to Champagne head for Epernay, a quiet town whose main attraction, the Avenue de Champagne, is home to a number of well-known Champagne houses (including a fair few who trade more on the foot traffic than the quality of the wines), the regional museum of Champagne’s wines, and a …

Ron Rubin’s TRAINED FOR SAVING LIVES program has his thoroughbred headed to a barn. The magnitude of Ron Rubin’s TRAINED FOR SAVING LIVES program cannot be underscored. Ron’s dream is to give away 450 Automated External Defibrillators (AED), and only 42 of them remain. More details are on my blog Ron Rubin’s TRAINED FOR SAVING […] The post Thoroughbred Headed …

Domaine Bousquet Leads The Way If ever there were wine leaders, who were willing to go on their own and become extremely successful, it’s Domaine Bousquet. Crafting wines in Mendoza Argentina, a newly released “Semi-Annual Sustainability Report Update” recently came into my hands. Jump to here for it.  They just do it all, and do […] The post Bousquet Leads …

Terraced vineyards in the dramatic landscape at Domaine du Pas de l’Escalette, Poujols The mountainous area of the Massif Central occupies about a sixth of France, bordering Beaujolais and the Rhône to the east and Languedoc to the south. The massif’s southern section consists of a number of limestone plateaus – called causses in the Occitan language, from the Latin …

Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up 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 crossed my doorstep recently. This week included a bunch of excellent wines, but also some wines that are super …

It’s a story straight out of a Hollywood film. A young prince leaves home to find himself, studies in the U.S., meets a girl, falls in love and becomes a screenwriter for the movies. But his family needs him back in Europe. So he returns to find fulfillment in the vineyards. It sounds cinematic, but Prince Robert de Luxembourg’s life …

Giovanni Manetti didn’t think he was going to make it to the 2024 New York Wine Experience. The growing season was long in Tuscany this year, and grapes for Manetti’s legendary Fontodi winery were still hanging on the vine in mid-October. So he dispatched his son with several cases of their super Tuscan Flaccianello 2008 to pour at the Grand …

Analisis Arsitektural Kuil-Kuil Poseidon: Menggali Keagungan Dewa merupakan judul dari sebuah artikel kami kali ini. Kami ucapkan Selamat datang di steveheimoff.com, Mengungkap Dunia Perjudian Melalui Kata-kata, Strategi, dan Kisah Nyata. Pada kesempatan kali ini,kami masih bersemangat untuk membahas soal Analisis Arsitektural Kuil-Kuil Poseidon: Menggali Keagungan Dewa . Poseidon, dewa laut dalam mitologi Yunani, telah lama dipuja dan dihormati melalui kuil-kuil …

‘He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.’ — Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra Beneath the towering Himalayas, the realm of the Gods, a new wine country has been born. On 21 October, Bhutan – ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon’ – officially joins the global stage with the release of its first vintage. This beautiful, …

Ettore Germano Oddero’s Vignarionda Riserva 2009: ‘exquisite balance’ From 9/11 and Barack Obama to the rise of social media with the birth of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, the first decade of the new millennium saw the world entering a new, for-better-or-for-worse era. The James Cameron movie Avatar (2009) allegorised numerous themes of the day; Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth (2006) …

Preparing for winter dormancy, vines in Burgundy watch quietly as the colors change around them in the late autumn. Burgundy (and much of France) has had a particularly challenging harvest this year after a very cold and wet growing season beset with mildew and other disease issues. Yields are expected to be down 25% or more. INSTRUCTIONS:Download this image by …

Shiraz Central – winery in the Pyrenees in Victoria, Australia The 2024 vision of Australian Shiraz is both surprising and exciting – and innovative producers in the country’s southeast are demonstrating the versatility of styles and expressions that can be made in this first-rate region. To explore what’s happening within this dynamic sector, you’ll need to visit Victoria, Australia’s second-smallest …