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Fresh and full of energy, with multilayered raspberry and pomegranate flavors that take of accents of cardamom and black tea as this gathers tension toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2032. 3,021 cases made. Source : d9241d48db8f65e91607f31559e9bb4b

‘While doing some work for a canned wine brand, I started to explore the world of alternative packaging formats. Wine boxes have obvious appeal to those who want to drink more sustainably, generating 90% less carbon emissions than the equivalent amount in bottles, but I had a long-held assumption that boxed wine means lower quality. If I had that misconception, …

DISCLAIMER: You won’t find scores in my wines stories. I’ll tell you with words and you have permission to salivate and give them a try. We should find our own groove, because every palate is as unique as our own fingerprints. Holidays With Italian White Wines This is especially dedicated to anyone Italian, who’s celebrating […] The post Holidays With …

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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. ‘Collioure could be a little mountain Burgundy of the south’Jefford looks to the south. …

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for November 25, 2024 appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) …

After a dry winter, a rainy spring resulted in complications in the vineyard, but the Rhône didn’t suffer with mildew as badly as some other French regions, such as Bordeaux. The end of August saw a heatwave, which left a strong stamp on the resulting wines. This is the most extensive report yet by Decanter on this increasingly popular region, …

Matt Walls tasting en primeur.Rhône 2023 en primeur vintage rating: Northern Rhône 2023: 3.5 / 5 Fresh, supple and drinkable reds at the southern pole; more concentration in the northern reaches, making for some very fine Côte-Rôtie. Vibrant, fresh whites, particularly good in Hermitage. Southern Rhône 2023: 3.5 / 5 A juicy, ripe vintage, relatively soft in tannin and acidity, …

Matt Walls tasting en primeur. Southern Rhône overall vintage rating: 3.5 / 5 A juicy, ripe vintage, relatively soft in tannin and acidity, but nonetheless displaying detailed terroir expression. Châteauneuf more mixed; some excellent, others overripe. Consistently good vintage for whites throughout the region. Red wine of the vintage: Domaine Santa Duc, Clos des Hospices, Gigondas, 2023 White wine of …

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This November Decanter hosted a highly-anticipated Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) tasting event in partnership with Winevision. Held at its stylish headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, the gathering attracted around 120 attendees, with trade professionals making up 48% of the audience. Participants had the opportunity to sample 70 exceptional wines from 11 countries, all awarded top medals at the 2024 competition. …

This fresh Franciacorta is lightly chalky and fine in texture, with an aromatic apple blossom overtone to its well-meshed mix of white cherry, nectarine, pink grapefruit peel and salted almond. Very sippable. Chardonnay and Pinot Nero. Disgorged 2023. Drink now. 36,000 cases made, 2,200 cases imported. Source : 67553b2064584cdf139e829fd6d00cce

The UN has recognised regenerative agriculture as ‘one of the most effective ways to make food systems more sustainable’ (‘Rethinking food systems’, June 2021). And it’s gaining traction in wine production, too. In 2021, Cheval Blanc published a manifesto committing to a radical shift to agroecology – the principles of which marry with those of regenerative agriculture. Whether wheat or …

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 I’ve got a couple more wines from the Edio Vineyards label by Delfino …

Elizabeth Gabay MW, Poppy de Courcy-Wheeler and Justin Howard-Sneyd MW tasted 158 wines, with 2 Outstanding and 30 Highly Recommended. Languedoc whites: Panel tasting scores 158 wines tasted Exceptional 0 Outstanding 2 Highly recommended 30 Recommended 114 Commended 12 Fair 0 Entry criteria: Producers and UK agents were invited to submit current-release, still white wines from any of the AOPs …

Austria’s Wachau Valley is one of the wine world’s more striking landscapes. It’s also one of the more tenuous. A whole generation of farmers, used to the difficult, unforgiving work of farming the steep, terraced slopes are finding that their children are uninterested in carrying on their work, and many vineyards, like the one in the foreground of this image …

Exuberant and fragrant, this white jumps out of the glass, with kiwi, cantaloupe and honeysuckle accents that dance on the vibrant finish. Drink now. 28,000 cases made. Source : 067a47138457adc1bb7b9493e9290263

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