Picking a wine can be daunting, especially if you’re trying something new. Each region has its own styles of wine, grape varieties, and unique rules for labeling… Here’s a crash course in how to read a wine label, so you can know what you’re getting, every time....
The wines we fell in love with in 2021…
No missive this week as we spend some much needed time with our family this Christmas. But today,...
The Concrete Egg
Why does extreme altitude winemaker Augustin Lanus age his wine Salvaje (malbec, single vineyard,...
Little White Butterflies of Doom, Revisited
Up at about 9,000 feet above the world, with little atmosphere to protect them from the sun’s...
A very bad and disloyal plant
In 1395, Philippe le Hardi, Duke of Bourgogne, outlawed the wine grape gamay, calling it a “very...
Is Turkey Meat Deadly?
Note: We’re sending out the weekly missive early this week, as we’re headed to spend some...
Pirates of Valencia
The earliest known record of people playing chess (or chess as we know it, at least) comes from...
The Champagne of the South
In the northeast of Spain, just outside the coastal city of Barcelona, a small mountain range...
Halloween Spirits
Happy Hallowine! In this week’s special Halloween video, resident expert Julien Miquel takes a...
The Oldest Winery in Haro, Rioja
A little ways inland from Spain’s northern coast, the wet sea air collides with the Cantabrian...
Sneak Peek: Old Vines and Crumbling Castles (Spanish Collection)
Nowhere else in Europe do the echoes of the ancient and medieval ages still reverberate so clearly...
A History of Spanish Wine
Spain. Most people don’t give it a second thought as a wine region. That’s a mistake. Spain has...
Is Wine Alive?
No essay today, as our Wine Explorer is on the road this week (finding some exciting and delicious...
