Dear Reader, The Surgeon General recently issued a stark advisory linking alcohol to cancer risk. The media, as expected, wasted no time distilling this into oversimplified headlines that sounded like: Wine Equals Cancer. The Surgeon General’s warning about alcohol...
Sipping Rum from Volcanic Ash
Tola, Nicaragua Not much wine in Nicaragua, but the rum sure goes down easy. Surprisingly easy, in...
Bonner Wines Named in Top 100 of 2019
The entire Bonner Private Wine Partnership team is scattered to the four winds. Barry is returning...
Atop the Natural Wine Bubble
“It tastes like warm grape juice with some dirt mixed in... You might like it.” C. had just poured...
Argentina Like You’ve Never Seen It
Dear Member, In December of 2019 Will, Julien, and Diego went back to Argentina’s isolated...
What Will Happen to Australia’s Vineyards?
We’re keeping things short this week. Most of the team is busy sending out the Spanish wine...
World’s Oldest Vine (1769) Still Produces Grapes!
***This week, Julien is preparing the virtual wine tasting for our Spanish collection, which is...
Introducing Your Spanish Wines!
“Nearly perfect,” pronounced winemaker Julien Miquel when he tasted our “Papa” wine from a...
Celtic Spain
If Spanish wine is a story of rivers – the Ebro in Rioja, the Duero in Ribera – then Galicia is...
Did you happen to catch this at the Golden Globes?
Last Sunday, Hollywood’s elite gathered at the world-famous Beverly Hills Hilton to eat vegan food...
Feliz Año Nuevo!
Feliz Año Nuevo! We begin this new year with the matter of Spain. Most people don’t give it a...
7 Essential (Yet Short) Video Tasting Lessons from French winemaker Julien Miquel…
1. The Three Elements of Tasting a Wine2. What is a “Corked” Wine? And How to Recognize One...3....
Your Christmas Wine Guide
Marrakesh, Morocco We’re on the road in Marrakesh this week, so we’ll keep it short (they’ve been...