by Wine Explorer | Apr 24, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
It looks to be a warm week in the Calchaquí Valley. One last burst before winter. Up at the higher elevations (8,000 feet and above), the winds of winter have already begun to arrive – blowing away the oxygen, so the locals say. Thankfully, the harvests are all done...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 17, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
No weekly video from Julien this week as he has been hard at work preparing the tasting video for our Australia/New Zealand collection. If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check it out here… Well, we missed out on a big family gathering this Easter. No children...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 16, 2020 | Tasting
Dear Member, All of our wines from Australia and New Zealand have shipped. In your case you will discover a beautifully deep, spiced shiraz from a vineyard that spends much of the year under water…A sauvignon blanc from a terroir so special that more than 400 French...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 10, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Last week, we took you on a tour of two Australian vineyards: Langmeil, with its 19th century shiraz vines (the oldest in the world), and Helen & Joey and their cool pinot noir. This week, we continue our journey into the antipodes with what is perhaps the...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 3, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Syrah is a hard wine. A dry wine. It is perhaps the most similar to malbec of all the European varietals. Karen MacNeil once said syrah reminded her of “the guy who wears cowboy boots with his tuxedo.” In other words, that most manly of men. Shiraz, the Australian...
