by Wine Explorer | May 5, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Note: In case you missed it, we just announced our 2023 Mother's Day Collection! With Mother's Day right around the corner, we've put together a collection of six exceptional wines to celebrate all of the fantastic moms in our lives... Not only is this collection of...
by Wine Explorer | May 3, 2023 | Wine Education
Contents: Aroma Vs. Taste What Are Flavors? Wine Texture Transcript: Hello, bonjour, and welcome to your new Bonner Private Wines video. I often say that wine tasting is one of the very few activities in life when you have to use pretty much all your senses, your six...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 28, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Dear Reader, When tasting our Partnership Italian Collection, you’ll hear Julien say the same word over and over: generous. “Generous” is one of those wine terms, like “big” or “creamy” or “structured,” that has no real meaning until you taste a particular wine and,...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 14, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Old school Tuscans sometimes call “Super Tuscan” wines vini californiani. The implication is that they aren’t so much Italian wines as Californian wannabes. There’s truth in the slight. Yes, Italian winemakers had been using Bordeaux varietals...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 7, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
In a country that treats traffic lights as more suggestion than rule, there are, nonetheless, some areas in which Italians become outright sticklers. Fast cars is one. Say what you want about Fiat, but the attention to detail at Ferrari and Lamborghini verges on...
