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Could 2025 be a year of opportunity for Chilean wine in the U.S.? After rough years of slowing sales, 2024 brought big gains for producers sending their wines to the U.S., the South American nation’s third-biggest market. And while value-priced bottles continue to be the country’s main wine export to the U.S., wines priced between $10 to $20 per bottle …

If I am going to be a hero, however, I don’t think I mind being a hero to old vines. This morning, the shortlists for the Old Vine Hero Awards were announced, and I was humbled to find my name among them. Put on by the Old Vine Conference, the Old Vine Hero Awards are in their third year, I …

Château Margaux line up Given the size of the Margaux appellation, and its varying terroirs, it’s often hard to generalise on quality, but in 2022 it performed excellently for both classified and non-classified wines. Scroll down for the top-rated Margaux 2022 in… Source : https://www.decanter.com/premium/the-best-margaux-2022-in-bottle-552494/

Bushmills has unveiled a rare bottling that’s the oldest Irish single malt ever released. Secrets of The River Bush is a 46-year-old whiskey, matured in Sherry casks. Only 300 individually numbered bottles have been produced. Secrets of The River Bush is drawn from Bushmills’ single malt reserves, dating back to 1978. It has been matured in oloroso Sherry casks from …

Cliff Lede Vineyards said it has bought three hectares (7.5 acres) of vineyard from the Andelin family in Napa Valley’s famous Stags Leap District American Viticultural Area (AVA). It represents a rare opportunity for the winery, given that the purchased site lies adjacent to the eastern border of Cliff Lede’s Rhythm vineyard. While Cliff Lede has farmed and leased the …

Mouton Rothschild 2022 line up Pauillac always seems to deliver the goods and in the hot and dry vintage of 2022 the gravel soils coped extremely well. Scroll down for the top-rated Pauillac 2022 in… Source : https://www.decanter.com/premium/best-pauillac-2022-tasted-in-bottle-552492/

Arthur Mayard of Domanie Mayard in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Did you know there is a website where you can compare the average prices of vineyard land across France? Here are some examples, per hectare of vines in 2023: Touraine, Loire: €7,000 (£5,880) Côtes du Rhône: €23,000 (£19,315) Gigondas, Rhône: €215,000 (£180,530) Côte d’Or, Burgundy: €983,800 (£826,080) Pomerol, Bordeaux: €2,000,000 (£1,679,420) The website …

Alas, the can epidemic surges onward. In the year of our lord 2025, there is nothing that Big Beverage will not put in a can: kombucha, martinis, cold brew, water. And it comes as no surprise that wine falls at the top of the list of trending can-able substances. But, for all its proliferation, to what degree are we meant …

The Ojai Mountain Estate. Nestled in a picturesque valley framed by the Topatopa Mountains, Ojai (pronounced ‘OH-hi’) derives its name from the Chumash word ’Awha’y, meaning ‘moon.’ Just 90 minutes north of Los Angeles and southeast of Santa Barbara County’s wine country, this small yet vibrant town on Chumash land offers wine, food, art and nature, perfect for filling a …

Geographic Wines: Four-handed expressiveness and purity Ines Salpico Partners in life and business, Nuno Morais Vaz and Daniela Matias are the talented duo behind Portuguese project Geographic Wines. I’ve known Morais Vaz since before the project’s inception, and it has been a pleasure to see his partnership with Matias flourish and come into focus; her clear-headedness and low-intervention approach are …

MoSuke’s pèpè soup, which features mackerel, red mullet, okra and mussels. In February 2024, Adejoké Bakare became the first black woman in the UK to be awarded a Michelin star – for Chishuru, her restaurant reimagining Nigerian and Ghanaian dishes. Now in new central London digs, Chishuru joins the rise of modern West African cuisine in the capital, alongside two-star …

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. Exclusive: Ravenswood RebornBig news, especially in a time when many wineries are closing and …

Pinot Noir is an old variety. And while we don’t know when it first appeared, we do know it is the parent of other varieties such as Chardonnay and Gamay. Unsurprisingly, its homeland is Burgundy, where it rose to fame in the Middle Ages – though known initially as ‘Plant Fin’, ‘Noirien’ or ‘Pinoz’. Since then it has more than …

Cricova’s wine cellars in subterranean tunnels. The Wine Routes of Moldova link together key wine destinations across the country. The network is accredited as a European Wine Route by the Council of Europe, and was named best wine route of 2024 by the Iter Vitis federation. Journeying along it, visitors can discover Moldova’s unique blend of traditional and modern winemaking …

  In the world of wine, I truly appreciate what I’ve learned about amphorae as part of its history. For instance, here are some examples, first in the Old World and then in Europe. These amphorae are all language related and some examples of the diverse and fascinating history of this ancient vessel form. They […] The post Herdade Rocim’s …

Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade, said in its latest Burgundy report that market confidence was at ‘historically low levels’. Trading is still taking place, although buyers have been acquiring fewer cases per purchase and paying lower prices, said Liv-ex’s report. It also said there are recent signs of sentiment ‘balancing out’, which adds to recent survey data suggesting …

For an island state with a population of just 576,000, Tasmania punches well above its weight in the world of wine. It produces 1.2% of Australia’s national crush by volume, but 6.1% of the crush by value. Tasmania, or Lutruwita in the palawa kani language, is located south of the eastern end of the Australian mainland. With a cool climate, …

Hello and welcome to this week’s 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 some of the best sparkling wines made in California, courtesy of Racines …

For one, it was a sip of Champagne snaffled from her grandfather’s glass as a young girl; for another, a first teenage glass of wine in a restaurant just outside Chicago. For one, it famously was a 1959 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses on a college date, and for yet another, it was the early realisation that wine is ‘this extraordinary pleasure …

Many impressive sights exist in the world of wine—an almost endless list of landscapes, sights, and experiences that serious wine lovers might have on their bucket lists of wine tourism opportunities. The chalk cellars of Champagne are definitely among the destinations I’d recommend to almost any wine lover. Miles of tunnels under the city of Reims house millions of slumbering …