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...
by admin | Sep 9, 2024 | Wine Education
Somewhere Near Manizales, Colombia The other day, I went gold panning. Not in some far-flung, exotic location, but right in the river where I spent a good chunk of my childhood. It was just out of pure curiosity, really, a spur-of-the-moment adventure with my older...
