by admin | Apr 7, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Faro, Portugal The car rental guy moved like someone scooping coleslaw at a midwestern potluck—unhurried, deliberate, as if the line in front of him didn’t exist. The road into town wasn’t much faster. Storm Nuria was rolling in hard—phone alerts buzzing, palm trees...
by admin | Mar 31, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Buenos Aires, Argentina Sitting at Don Julio, a steakhouse famous long before Michelin noticed, Matías Etchart uncorked his Amar y Vivir Malbec. His “kids” — now in their mid-20s and starting their new jobs — laughed, forks clinked, and the buzz of...
by Lucy | Mar 24, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Someone recently described our wine club members as “people with brains.” I took it as a compliment—but more importantly, as reassurance. Reassurance that in a world chasing quick fixes, viral trends, and instant answers, some of us still prefer to slow down and ask:...
by admin | Mar 17, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Paris, France A threat makes a better headline than a landed punch. That’s the odd, thrilling tension swirling in the wine world right now—like storm clouds drifting over a Tuscan vineyard. A threat keeps us on edge; once the punch lands, we’re left to sort out the...
by admin | Mar 10, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Paris, France February dragged. Grey skies. Cold mornings. Short days. Paris felt heavy. It’s that time of year when the seasons shift, when you start seeing lonely gloves on the pavement—dropped by someone rushing through a morning chill, a midday thaw, and another...
by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Hello Explorers, I remember the first time Will and I tasted Finca El Monte in 2023. We were visiting Matías Etchart at his Calchaquí Valley winery for dinner. We started with empanadas, baked in the wood-fired oven, as we always do. Then came pollo al disco—chicken...
