by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Annapolis, MD So, we’ve received queries from a few members to the effect of: “It’s the dead of summer… and I live in Texas… I’m afraid that my Italian wines are going to get cooked before they reach me.” That’s a real concern; you’re right to bring that up. There’s...
by admin | Jul 26, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
New York, NY “I want it to taste like someone stuffed gym socks in the bottle.” Across the table, C. raised her eyebrows. The sommelier smiled and walked away. “Dear, this is a nice restaurant,” C. began. “They’re not going to have wine that tastes like…”...
by admin | Jul 18, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Delray Beach, FL Shockwaves rippled through the wine world last week with the release of the annual Top 50 World’s Best Vineyards list. The top spot – chosen by the “Academy,” a group of 500 sommeliers, wine connoisseurs, and hoteliers – went not to France, Italy, or...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Delray Beach, FL – We had occasion this past weekend to thumb through a copy of What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by Terry Theise. If the name is unfamiliar, Theise is both a writer and an importer, a combination which is to the world of wine what being a...
by admin | Jul 5, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
“Look at that sediment,” C said. “It’s almost like apple cider.” We were inspecting a cloudy bottle of “natural” sparkling wine we had recently received in the mail. As staunch critics of mass market wines and industrial winemaking, it is often expected that we...
