by Wine Explorer | Aug 12, 2022 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Contents 1. Why does wine need to be stored in the dark? 2. Why are we so obsessed with altitude again? 3. What is a “wild ferment”? 4. Should you care about “malolactic fermentation”? 5. Does soil type really matter? With our Wine Explorer off this week, we're going...
by Wine Explorer | Aug 5, 2022 | The Wine Explorers Letter
In this article you will find: How to Pour Wine with Julien Miquel The Pinot Noir Clone Thief California "Suitcase Clones" People steal wines… then clone them? A few weeks ago, we mentioned that the hint of cola in Carneros pinot might come from the clones specific to...
by Wine Explorer | Jul 29, 2022 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Editor's Note: In case you missed it, the West Coast Wine Event is happening now! We've got a limited number (less than 400 bottles in some cases) of West Coast wines available in our cellar at up to 20% off... We expect these wines to go quickly. Simply click here...
by Wine Explorer | Jul 22, 2022 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Contents Carneros AVA Bouchaine Estate A Wine Cocktail? You never really know pinot noir. She changes her very DNA as easily as teenagers change hairstyles, mutating incessantly. She takes lovers often and without second thought, spinning off hybrids. In one terroir...
by Wine Explorer | Jul 15, 2022 | The Wine Explorers Letter
What You’ll Learn Today Biodynamic Winemaking Organic Winemaking “Low Intervention” Winemaking Natural Wine The year was 1924 and Europe’s farmers had reported their soils seemed less productive, their animals less healthy. Coming after the advent of modern...
by Wine Explorer | Jul 8, 2022 | The Wine Explorers Letter
“Really dark... like a black hole,” Julien Miquel says while pouring a glass of Tamber Bey, one of the wines in our new West Coast Collection (2018 cabernet sauvignon from Calistoga region in Northern Napa). In his winemaking career, Julien worked all over the world,...
