by admin | Jun 13, 2019 | Tasting
Retired winemaker and sommelier Julien Miquel has made wines all over the world, including at Chateau Margaux, perhaps the most famous winery in France. He has been ranked among the Top Ten Most Influential People in the Wine World by website Klout. He studied...
by admin | Jun 6, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Sebastopol, CA“I taste pork rind.”C began consoling the sommelier: “I don’t know what he’s talking about. I’m getting flowers...maybe honeysuckle?”We swished the liquid around in our own glass, admiring the clarity and lack of sickly yellow coloring one often finds in...
by admin | May 30, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Last week, we showed you how winemakers trying to compete on the new global wine market are using techniques that wind up removing coveted flavors and textures, if not outright demolishing the “gout du terroir” that makes a wine great. As we like to say: there’s a...
by admin | May 23, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
A number of you have written in asking for more information about the dirty secrets of the mass market winemaking process.We turn, this week, to those dirty secrets, and how they have resulted in a wine market overflowing with juice but a virtual desert when it comes...
by admin | May 16, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Boca Raton, Florida We are traveling this week, so we’ll dispense with the usual essay. The only news to report is that our Italian collection has been finalized, now only waiting for importation approvals. We’re extremely happy with the selection – it’s the best of...
