by admin | Oct 23, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
What’s the most you’ve spent on a single bottle of wine? This week, Julien tasted the cult-favorite Napa wine Opus One… Does he think it’s worth the hefty $500 price tag? And can it stand up to its Grand Cru cousins in Bordeaux? Watch the video to find out! ...
by Lucy | Oct 15, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
We continue our Wine in 5(ish) series with one of Bordeaux’s most famous appellations… Saint-Emilion! Watch to learn about… The history of the area (it’s named after a hermit!)… What makes a wine eligible to be called a Saint-Emilion… How to identify the worst, best,...
by admin | Oct 7, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
What is natural wine, anyway? Our resident winemaking expert Julien Miquel weighs in on “natural wine”... is it a regulated term? (No)... Are so-called natural wines better representations of their local terroir? (Julien’s answer may surprise you)... And the question...
by admin | Sep 30, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
Julien Miquel explains why certain wineries use “Chateau” in their name... How the French revolution changed the wine landscape & popularized this (formerly) aristocratic term… And why you’ll see the word pop up in the US & other places (but never Italy or...
by admin | Sep 23, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
Is France’s 2024 vintage the worst in a century? French winemakers had a bad year: crops were small, and the quality is questionable (we’ll have to see how fermentation goes to know for sure). But are thing really as bad as the headlines are suggesting? Julien Miquel...
by Lucy | Sep 16, 2024 | Tasting, Wine Education
Would you pay $30,000 for a bottle of wine? Bordeaux is a world-class, world-famous wine region… With the price tags to prove it! Here’s a look at the 10 most expensive wines from Bordeaux… Including the most expensive wine in the world — and why it’s technically not...
