by Wine Explorer | Feb 5, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 as he continues his deep dive on acidity in wine. To refresh your memory, last week we learned what exactly...
by Wine Explorer | Jan 28, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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) that inspired the name of one of the most exciting wines in our new Argentine collection: the 2018...
by Wine Explorer | Jan 22, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 Collection began earlier this week. [If you’re not on the list to receive this shipment, or you...
by Wine Explorer | Jan 15, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Julien is preparing his tasting video for the upcoming extreme-altitude Argentine collection this week. But you can use this opportunity to catch up on his best videos from 2020… Click here… *** What is malbec? Vin de Cahors? Auxerrois? Côt? Black wine?...
by Wine Explorer | Jan 8, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Partnership members have been weighing in on their favorite wines of 2020! Scroll to the end to see what people are saying… *** The investment potential of a wine is measured in its acidity and alcohol content. Hence the preponderance of Bordeaux (like Mouton...