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The post “Bigger Than Any One Chapter” (Tasting Twenty Years of Mayacamas Cabernet) appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. Mayacamas winemaker Braiden Albrech (image: Mayacamas) “It’s bigger than any one chapter; if we do it well, the chatter will be about our wines being part of the lineage.” Mayacamas winemaker Braiden Albrecht talks about the history of his employer (famously …

The Tokaj wine district with Kopasz Hill in the background. I once attended a festival in Mád in the heart of Tokaj in northern Hungary. It was dark, the streets empty, the houses shuttered. But if you happened upon the right address, you were suddenly thrust into a disco-themed cheese tasting or a lively pop concert in one of the …

Peach, apple and baking spice flavors take center stage in this lively white. Light-bodied and balanced, with decent length. Chardonnay, Grechetto and Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now. 8,300 cases made, 3,400 cases imported. Source : 0dbdefb445077f5c77363208f38b955d

The story of Syrah in the southern hemisphere is believed to have started with the Scottish viticulturist and ‘father of Australian wine’ James Busby, who brought Syrah vines with him to the continent in 1832. Since then, Australia has become one of the world leaders in Syrah, and still has some of the original, ungrafted vines, planted in the mid-1800s. …

Walnut husk, black cherry paste and black tea notes meld nicely, with underlying cut and tension to offset the sweetness. Delicious. Drink now. 2,400 cases imported. Source : 2468c2d14b58bb2a748f68dd4aff51c3

A friend of mine once described Chablis as both the best- and worst-value wine in the world. What he meant was the cheapest wines weren’t very good – but still fairly expensive in the grand scheme of things. But despite the quality of the greatest examples, the prices never (or very rarely) reached the heights of other top white Burgundies, …

You’re nearly there! Christmas is done and dusted and there’s just one more party left before the new year begins in earnest. New Year’s Eve is a time when friends and family get together to see in the next 12 months (and if it’s anything like the previous 12 months it will be filled with tax rises, political dogfighting and …

Firm and still on the austere side, revealing tar, iron and eucalyptus flavors aligned with an elegant frame. Fierce tannins lock up the cherry and berry flavors for now. Nonetheless, the fruit is persistent, so give this a little more time. Best from 2027 through 2043. 2,128 cases imported. Source : 8566d562527c12ff6356c011c3f85322

Social and environmental sustainability are inextricably linked, one being hard to justify and maintain without the other. The preservation of a territory and its natural resources is never fully possible without being considered in tandem with the needs and prospects of its communities. This is particularly true for regions where viticulture plays a central role in local economy and the …

Dosage is a small addition of sugar (in the form of cane, beet or grape sugar) and wine that forms the liqueur d’expédition added to a sparkling wine after disgorgement (removal of the yeast lees following second fermentation in the bottle). The vast majority of sparkling wines made in the traditional method (Champagne, Cava, Franciacorta, Trentodoc, English sparkling wine and …

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 stories that defined California wine in 2024Esther Mobley and crew run down …

When guests arrived at the 17th annual Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival’s Grand Tasting on Dec. 15, they found an even bigger and better event than last year. The culmination of a four-day culinary extravaganza, the food and wine tasting, hosted at the Palm Beach County Convention Center and presented by Wine Spectator, offered a night of perfect food …

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for December 23, 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) …

Kopke’s Quinta de São Luiz. Courtesy of Sogevinus. Starting one’s journey in the world of Port can be as daunting as it quickly becomes captivating. The variety of styles across producers and categories, as well as the identity of each vintage and estate – reflecting the nuances of the Douro river meanders and valley slopes – places it among the …

Rollin Soles got the ball rolling on sparkling wine at Oregon’s Argyle back in 1987. Who knows if – more than three decades ago – he could have foreseen the growth and quality of the wine style’s production in the Willamette Valley. There are now around 100 sparkling producers in the valley, based on self-reporting to the Willamette Valley Wineries …

Robert Mondavi at his wine growing estate at Napa Valley, USA 1991. Robert Mondavi coined the term Fumé Blanc in an attempt to boost the profile and differentiate a new style of Sauvignon Blanc he was crafting in Napa Valley. Sauvignon Blanc in the United States Plantings of Sauvignon Blanc date back to the early 1880s in California’s Livermore Valley. …

Vladimir Kojic has worked in the wine industry for 20 years. He started as a sommelier working for the Cunard cruise line and the Queen Mary 2, before moving to the Soneva Kiri hotel, on a remote island in Thailand. He passed the Court of Master Sommeliers’ Advanced-level qualification in 2012, and is studying for Master Sommelier. He is now …

Coiled and energetic, with taut yellow apple and white peach flavors backed by blanched almond and quinine notes on the racy finish. Drink now through 2027. 1,130 cases made. Source : cc7801c28931b02857a2fd065b4dcac0

As recently as five years ago it would have been hard to consistently find white Riojas on wine shelves. For many UK consumers, ‘white Rioja’ might in fact have sounded like an oxymoron, the region’s name being associated with the red iterations that have become pantry staples. Scroll down to see notes and scores for 18 best-value white Rioja wines …

The seemingly endless drive down the driveway opens up to the expansive Clos Apalta vineyard, from which the eponymous flagship wine gets its name. It sits adjacent to its architecturally significant gravity flow winery that has graced the pages of countless magazines. And just above the vineyard, dotted about the steep mountainside are 10 ultra-spacious casitas and villas – the …