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[ad_1] While the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer in the crisis stage globally, many people—including some wine lovers—continue to feel its effects. Anecdotal evidence has indicated a potential link between COVID infection and increased alcohol sensitivity. That sensitivity can cause headaches, severe hangover-like symptoms and other effects, including intoxication at low levels of consumption. Now, new research adds to our …

[ad_1] In partnership with Wines of Romania Vines are grown in just about every corner of Romania, a testament both to the diversity of the country’s landscapes, mesoclimates and terroirs, and to wine’s central place in Romanian culture. Discover this fascinating tapestry and get to know the producers representing each of the regions and DOCs at Prowein 2024. Credit: Maggie …

[ad_1] Champagne Bollinger moves on this week from what were arguably two of the best-regarded releases from the Grandes Marques in 2014, La Grande Année and its rosé sibling, with a new pair from an entirely different vintage – the hot, dry 2015. Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for La Grande Année white and rosé 2015 {“content”:”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”} Tasting …

[ad_1] Henschke 2019 single-vineyard releases Stephen and Prue Henschke are in relaxed form. Vintage 2024 is a fortnight away and, says a beaming Stephen, Henschke’s fifth generation winemaker: ‘The fruit looks amazing.’ Frost fans might cost AU$55,000 apiece, but chief viticulturist Prue notes approvingly: ‘They did their job this year and we have sailed into a pretty nice vintage.’ Scroll …

[ad_1] In Budapest, busy stands at the Borfesztivál, with the statue of Eugene of Savoy on Buda Castle Hill. Stretching some 1,500km from the Czech Republic and Austria to Serbia, passing through Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania along the way, the Carpathian mountains are Europe’s third-longest mountain chain after the Urals and the Scandinavian mountains. These majestic and mysterious …

[ad_1] Pierre Fabre, owner of Château Mont-Redon. As I drove into a small hamlet just north of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, I wondered which building was Château Mont-Redon. It quickly became clear that the hamlet was Château Mont-Redon. The average Châteauneuf estate has 10 hectares of vines and a small, functional winery. Mont-Redon has its own petrol station and full-time mechanic to service …

[ad_1] 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. The Butterfly Effect: A Battle Heats Up in the MoselSave the butterfly. The …

[ad_1] Solid wood wine rack from A & W Moore Wine Racks UK When building a wine collection of any size, from a few celebratory bottles to a comprehensive cellar, storage is key. Knowing how to correctly store and look after wines so that they age and develop in the best possible way can be difficult without expert advice. Good …

[ad_1] The iconic Monte Rosso Barn at Monte Rosso Vineyards. Credit: Gallo ‘I don’t put much stock in these wines you buy and wait 20 years to drink. I don’t buy them to wait 20 years; I buy them to drink now.’ This quote from Louis P. Martini appeared in Robert Benson’s 1977 book Great Winemakers of California. Louis P. …

[ad_1] Keize Mumba works as a sommelier for Grub & Vine restaurant and Culture Wine Bar in Cape Town. He produced his first wine, The Harp Red Blend 2017, last December, and is an associate taster for Platter’s South African Wine Guide. I was born and raised in Zambia, a landlocked country unsuitable for vine-growing, so I grew up drinking …

[ad_1] When you attend an event titled, ‘The tasting of a lifetime’, you can be fairly certain there will be some rather interesting wines on show. And when the winery in question is Gaja, you’d better be ready for some very special bottles! That was certainly the case when the family visited London last October, gathering an impressive audience of …

[ad_1] 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 featured an interesting assortment of wines, including a new sparkling wine from …

[ad_1] Despite being only another 45 minutes past some of the most visited parts of Sonoma County, and despite being the source of some of California’s most profound Pinot Noirs, Anderson Valley remains off the radar of most wine country tourists. Seen here from the air, with the Navarro River in the foreground, the valley remains one of California’s most …

[ad_1] Winemaker Dan Petroski made news when he sold his boutique California white wine brand Massican to Gallo late last year. But that was just the latest step on a wine journey that started ignominiously as a Columbia University football player and began in earnest a decade later after an eye-opening dinner at Le Bernardin in New York. Petroski went …

[ad_1] The study was designed to quantify the socioeconomic and environmental impact of the wine industry within the European Union (EU). Researchers at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) determined that the wine trade represents 1.4% of total EU employment, playing a particularly crucial role in rural areas. Wine also accounted for 0.8% of the bloc’s total GDP in 2022, contributing €130bn to the …

[ad_1] Fernando Remírez de Ganuza, founder of Remírez de Ganuza After a long battle with lung cancer, Fernando Remírez de Ganuza, founder of the eponymous Rioja estate, passed away in Barcelona, where he was undergoing treatment, at the age of 73. His death was announced on Tuesday prompting immediate and heartfelt reactions from all those who worked and interacted with …

[ad_1] Young Malbec vines at the Finca Désiré vineyard in San Pablo, Uco Valley. Credit: Nicolas Amaro To understand the origins of Caro, the flagship wine of producer Bodegas Caro in Mendoza, we must go back to the previous century, when Argentina was just beginning to emerge onto the global wine scene. Nicolás Catena, the head of Catena Zapata, was …

[ad_1] Port Ellen distillery on the island of Islay It was a moment which barely seemed possible. Port Ellen, the now mythical Islay single malt whisky distillery has risen from the rubble and is once again making its distinctly smoky spirit – more than 40 years after it closed down. The distillery was founded in 1825, but mothballed in 1930. …

[ad_1] Even the zealots who obdurately believe that human beings don’t have anything to do with it can’t deny the planet is heating up. Last year was the hottest year in recorded history around the globe and this year is projected to be… wait for it… even hotter. This has caused an incredible amount of conversation, consternation, and contemplation in …

[ad_1] Who’s behind it: Finca Wine is a new San Diego wine bar and shop from Dan Valerino and Joe Bower, the former general manager and sous chef, respectively, of Wine Spectator Best of Excellence winner Juniper and Ivy. The duo also operates Bottle Boon, a hospitality management company. Veteran toque Ricardo Dondisch heads Finca Wine’s culinary program. When it …