Wine Explorer

Wine Explorer

A Wine Ponzi Scheme?

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] One of the more bizarre stories to surface in the world of wine recently… the release from prison of the author of a notorious Californian wine Ponzi…

How the Last 12 Months Changed Wine Forever

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] No essay this week, as we’re debuting our wine expert Julien Miquel’s new Q&A series: for the rest of the year, you can submit questions to be…

Little White Butterflies of Doom

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”] First a note: We still have a limited number of cases from our extreme altitude Argentine collection available (see inventory here). However, supplies are going fast.…

In the Heart of the Global Shipping Jam

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”] Back in May 2020, our friend, semi-permanent hobo, financial writer, and family man Tom Dyson, went bullish on shipping tankers. His rationale was that the…

Why Wine Makes Food Taste Good

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”] We’re deep into the vagaries of international shipping this week. Rather than our usual essay, we’ll leave you with our resident wine expert Julien Miquel…

Cab Sauv From the Heir to a Calchaquí Wine Dynasty

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”] You may know Mexican singer Consuelo Velázquez for her famous 1940s bolero, “Bésame Mucho.” But it was her other bolero, “Amar y Vivir,” (listen to a great version here)…

4 Facts About Our New Argentine Collection

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”] **** Julien’s Extreme-Altitude Argentine Collection tasting video is live. Check it out here… **** Word from Diego is that shipments of our new Extreme-Altitude Argentine…

Monsieur Malbeck

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] *** Julien is preparing his tasting video for the upcoming extreme-altitude Argentine collection this week. But you can use this opportunity to catch…

Will Argentina Become as Investible as Bordeaux?

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] *** Partnership members have been weighing in on their favorite wines of 2020! Scroll to the end to see what people are saying……

The Bonner Wines Team on Their Favorite Wines of 2020

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Julien is on his vacances de noël. But you can check out his “What We Learned in 2020” at this link… Meanwhile, this…

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