Well, a week into our unofficial quarantine, we finally caved… We opened up our Manzanos 2008 about five years earlier than we had intended. It was a happy accident. More on that in a moment… But first, if you had to use the word “cuvée” in a sentence, could...
We’re hard at work shipping out our remaining Spanish wines today. So we’ll keep this week’s missive short. We’ll leave you to enjoy winemaker Julien Miquel’s latest tasting lesson. This week, he takes you on a tour du monde of the essential wines (and wine regions)...
This week, we write to you from London’s Shard (a skyscraper in central London that looks like a shard of glass), where we’re enjoying a glass of Bollinger (named official supplier to the Royal Court in 1884)… Sipping champagne while enjoying the view of London...
“For nearly 100 years, they thought the vines were merlot,” reports Diego, after returning to Buenos Aires from a recent trip to Chile. But it wasn’t merlot. In actuality, and unbeknownst to the Chileans, the vines were one of Bordeaux’s...
Tola, Nicaragua Not much wine in Nicaragua, but the rum sure goes down easy. Surprisingly easy, in fact, given that it comes from a 130-year-old distillery at the foot of an active volcano. More on that in a moment…But first, Julien is out this week, so...
