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Julien Tastes Our Italian Collection (chili?)

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From Sunbaked Sicily to Breezy Tuscany (Our New Italian Collection)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Attention: Our new Italian Collection will be shipping mid-July! The last time we sourced a collection from Italy, it was 2019 (and our second-ever Partnership collection). We…

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The Iron Baron Who Invented Chianti

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Orange over Rosé

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] It’s rosé day today (according to whom, we aren’t exactly sure). So let’s talk about rosé’s cooler older sister, orange wine. In the…

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Wine “Declassified”

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] Well into his 80s, Antonio de Nicola still makes every one of his wines by hand. For 56 years, he has harvested nebbiolo grapes from…

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The Barolo Wars, revisited

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] There’s a war raging up in the rolling hills of Piedmont – the Barolo Wars. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://bonnerprivatewines.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/EarlyFog.jpeg” title_text=”EarlyFog” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”65%” width_tablet=”70%” width_phone=”90%” width_last_edited=”on|phone”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text…

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Tasting the Pheasant’s Tears

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Two More Rosés

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] We’ve been testing out rosés for the summer. Last week we opened a bottle of Miraval, a surprisingly high quality, yet drinkable offering from Provence’s…

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Rosé season begins

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] We don’t typically offer rosé at the Partnership. The only time we’ve done so was back in 2019, with the Domaine Ollier-Taillefer from Faugères, in France’s Languedoc region.…

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Napoleon III, A Wine Marketing Genius

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] Last week, we talked Bordeaux, and specifically Le Médoc region – home to France’s most famous brands: Latour, Margaux, Lafite, Mouton. But why is Bordeaux, and Médoc in particular,…

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