Category The Wine Explorers Letter

How Old, Exactly, Is Wine?

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Tangled Up in Italy

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What We Drank This Summer

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Wine Additives: 8 Dirty Secrets of Cheap Wine

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Best Wine Classes of 2022 from Julien Miquel

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Pinot Noir Clones: A Brief History of California’s “Suitcase Clones”

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Basement Wine (US Wine History Pt. 2)

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American Wine: What You Need to Know

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.11.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.11.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.11.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] How did America’s wine industry go from rivaling Europe to becoming almost nonexistent by the 1960s? This week we’ll revisit the history of American wine.…

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Napoleon III, A Wine Marketing Genius

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] With the Wine Explorer out this week, we’ll revisit a classic essay from last year, about Napoleon III, the greatest wine…

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