*** In celebration of Thanksgiving, we’re re-running our essay from 2019 about the early wine industry in Virginia. *** Sperryville, Virginia The air hangs heavy on the front porch of this old Colonial house. White paint gradually flakes off the…
“We’d love to come visit Dad, but I just don’t think it’s safe…” If that sounds like a recent conversation from within your own family, you are not alone. This year, more American families will spend Thanksgiving apart than ever…
The rain has been tapping on the skylight above us all day. You certainly couldn’t grow grape vines here in Ireland. The good news is that you can reach through an open window or cracked door in just about every…
Deep in the Norwegian countryside, under a frozen sky, a grape fights for its life. It’s cold here. The winters are endless, icy, and grey; the summers short. The grapes often freeze on the vine. Despite the difficulties, these grapes…
This week we’re wrapping up last shipments for the Mediterranean Collection. So we’ll leave you in the hands of wine expert Julien Miquel to mull over that eternal question “are point scores really a good way to buy wine?” Julien…
*** “Absolutely heaven” says Julien Miquel about our nero d’Avola. Click here to watch his tasting video for our Mediterranean Collection… *** Our forthcoming Mediterranean Collection has some of the oldest vines and varietals we’ve ever sourced. From Santorini’s assyrtiko…
*** We’re hard at work putting together your Mediterranean Collection and we’ll be sending them out over the next few days. In the meantime, be sure to check out Julien Miquel’s tasting for the Mediterranean Collection. You can watch it…
***Julien’s busy preparing the tasting video for our new collection of wines. So no new video this week. But if you missed it, be sure to check out his explanation of “body” in wine. Medium-body, full-body… What do these terms…
On an island in the Mediterranean, little green vines appear to erupt from black obsidian. As opposed to the vines growing on the Italian mainland a few hundred miles away, these vines will produce small berries concentrated with minerals and…
We’ll keep it short this week as we ship out the remaining Tacana 2018 and prepare for our upcoming collection (very excited about this one!) That said, in case you missed it, we wanted to update you on the recent…
