by admin | Sep 30, 2024 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Calchaquí Valley, Argentina Watch that burn! There’s something primal about it. The fire, the slow crackle of wood, the scent of meat rising into the air. You don’t just show up for the meat at an asado. You arrive early. You settle in. The event unfolds slowly, like...
by admin | Sep 23, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
Is France’s 2024 vintage the worst in a century? French winemakers had a bad year: crops were small, and the quality is questionable (we’ll have to see how fermentation goes to know for sure). But are thing really as bad as the headlines are suggesting? Julien Miquel...
by admin | Sep 23, 2024 | Wine Education
Calchaquí Valley, Argentina Let me tell you — here in this club, you pay for dust. Sitting down to write this, I had to blow dust off my laptop. The type of dust that talks. The same kind as if it were an old book left on a shelf for 100 years. I've spent the past few...
by admin | Sep 16, 2024 | Wine Education
When the calendar marks Labor Day and the leaves start to turn, we instinctively reach for cozy sweaters and fuller-bodied reds. Just like when spring comes, we eagerly shed our winter coats and pop open something crisp and white. It’s comfortable. It’s expected. But...
by admin | Sep 11, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
We continue our Wine in 5 series with arguably one of the best Bordeaux appellations, Margaux! Julien tells us about his old stomping grounds… From what it was like to work at Château Margaux… To the wines you absolutely have to try… And how it stacks up on our...
