Viral wines, viral bakeries, and the danger of overplanning. Sometimes the best bottle is the one you didn’t see coming.
Wine “Declassified”
Well into his 80s, Antonio de Nicola still makes every one of his wines by hand. For 56 years, he...
The Barolo Wars, revisited
There’s a war raging up in the rolling hills of Piedmont – the Barolo Wars.Fog drapes over...
Tasting the Pheasant’s Tears
Back in 2020, our Mediterranean Collection featured wines with a history going back 3,000 years –...
Two More Rosés
We’ve been testing out rosés for the summer. Last week we opened a bottle of Miraval, a...
Rosé season begins
We don’t typically offer rosé at the Partnership. The only time we’ve done so was back in 2019,...
Napoleon III, A Wine Marketing Genius
Last week, we talked Bordeaux, and specifically Le Médoc region – home to France’s most famous...
An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
We were celebrating a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. It was time to splurge. Besides which, we had...
Live From Delray Beach
We’ve been busy the last few weeks, what with getting our Alta California collection shipped out,...
Pot Farms and Pinot on the North Coast
Continuing up the coast from San Francisco past Napa, Sonoma, and Sonoma Coast, you find...
What we drank on Easter… and our big mistake
This week, we debrief on our Easter wine selections. Last year, we broke our Lenten vows with a...
The 2021 Harvest
*** In case you didn’t see our message earlier today, this week, we are celebrating the...
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In one of the stranger stories from 2021 – a great robbery in Moët & Chandon’s Champagne...