The Wine Explorer’s Letter

Contents: What are DOC & DOCG Wines? Aging requirements for DOC and DOCG Wines What Is IGT Wine? What is VdT Wine? How to Tell the Difference Between...

Contents: Big Wine Bottles with Julien Miquel Benefits of Starvation for Anti-Aging How Red Wine Helps with Aging There’s a bottle of Amarone della Valpolicella waiting out the...

For our next collection, we’ll be looking back toward Europe. One feature of European wine exploration is that you invariably run into interesting vine training styles: like Sicily’s...

Contents: How Bordeaux Lost Her Grapes New Vs. Used Oak with Julien Miquel The Lost Grapes: Malbec The Lost Grapes: Chilean “Merlot” The Lost Grapes: Saint-Macaire & Gros...

Recently we began sending out shipments of our newest Calchaquí Valley Collection. This week, we revisit the history of Argentina’s noble vagabond and cowpoke, the gaucho. More on...

When you notice a distinct peppery note in a red Bordeaux, that’s most likely cabernet franc in the mix. Cab franc is the third most important grape in...

We have a special edition of Julien Miquel’s weekly tasting lessons for you this week. In this video, Julien will guide us through an industry insider’s view of...

No news from the Wine Explorer this week, as we’re busy finishing up your next collection. Instead (and in preparation for what’s to come), we’ll take a look...

Contents: How to Throw the Perfect Wine Tasting with Julien Miquel Where Does Resveratrol Come From? What Does Resveratrol Do, Really? What Are Sirtuins? Exploring the Sirtuin Pathway...

We’re gearing up for New Year’s Eve here at the Partnership. We’ll revisit one of our best essays (and collections) from 2022… in this piece about Greek and...