by Wine Explorer | Oct 29, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Happy Hallowine! In this week’s special Halloween video, resident expert Julien Miquel takes a break from our regularly scheduled content to show us some of the spookiest wines on the market, for your perfect, grown-up Halloween treat… The two previous weeks took us...
by Wine Explorer | Oct 22, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
A little ways inland from Spain’s northern coast, the wet sea air collides with the Cantabrian Mountains, swelling the Ebro river with rainwater as it flows southeast towards the town of Haro, in Rioja. La Sierra CantabriaCredit: Basotxerri, Wikimedia You’ve heard of...
by Wine Explorer | Oct 15, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Nowhere else in Europe do the echoes of the ancient and medieval ages still reverberate so clearly as in the valleys and plains of northern Spain. In the cellars of Berceo, the oldest winery in the town of Haro, you find the old tunnels of Haro Castle, razed in the...
by Wine Explorer | Oct 8, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Spain. Most people don’t give it a second thought as a wine region. That’s a mistake. Spain has more acreage devoted to vines than any other country. Its northern regions have produced some of the greatest vintages of all time (e.g. the Pingus ’95 and ’97). When...
by Wine Explorer | Oct 1, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
No essay today, as our Wine Explorer is on the road this week (finding some exciting and delicious wines for us, no doubt)... So we'll simply take a moment with Julien Miquel to answer the question, "Where does the alcohol in wine come from?" This week, former...
by Wine Explorer | Sep 24, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Note: If you haven’t had a chance to check out our fall sale, you should give it a look. We’ve put together some rich & warming reds, perfect for a cool fall evening… Click here if you’d like to see our selections for autumn 2021! No essay this week, as we’re...
