Wine Explorer

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_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=”4.5.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″] *** First, a word that, like any respectable Frenchman, our resident wine expert, Julien Miquel, is presently taking his vacances d’été. However, you can catch…

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Planning your wife’s birthday is always a venture fraught with failure. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s…

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″] ***Before we start today, have you seen our resident wine expert Julien Miquel’s tasting videos for our American Collection? If not, you can watch them at this link. *** Out in Northwestern Argentina, we…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”] We’re busy shipping the American collection, including: a dry-farmed pinot (only 900 cases made) an organic take on “Rutherford dust” an inky, cold-soaked cab sauv fermented in small lots…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”] American wine was reborn in the basement of the Modesto Public Library in California.  There, brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo found old instructional guides on winemaking from the University…

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[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=”4.3.2″] We got a treat this week; someone sent us two bottles of “gris de gris” from Languedoc’s Corbières sub-region in France. For those unfamiliar with the…