by Wine Explorer | Sep 17, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Writing about gauchos these past two weeks has us thinking about malbec. But where does this quintessential Argentine grape come from? For that we return to our essay from earlier this year, about M. Malbeck and the origin of the “black wine.” More on that in a...
by Wine Explorer | Sep 10, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
On long, dusty roads in the Calchaquí Valley, one occasionally passes a solitary tree or rock heap with what looks like a shrine, shrouded in red fabric, to the Virgin Mary or some other saint. Upon further inspection, the figurine beneath the red shroud is not any...
by Wine Explorer | Aug 27, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
First a note: We still have a limited number of cases from our Italian collection available (see inventory here). However, supplies are going fast. Click here to reserve your bottles. Most of the team is on vacation this week, so we’ll take the opportunity to tackle...
by Wine Explorer | Aug 20, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
This week, we continue our crash course on wine bottle shapes, from a bottle possibly named for a bovine’s nether regions, to fiascos, to the reason that champagne bottles are so thick. More on that in a moment. But first, what’s really in the sediment at the bottom...
by Wine Explorer | Aug 6, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
The Tuscan wines from our Italian Collection reminded us of one of our favorite wine books, A Vineyard in Tuscany. This week, we’re going to run through our four favorite wine books. Our favorite book on Italian wine: A Vineyard in Tuscany, Ferenc Máté While more of a...
by Wine Explorer | Jul 8, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Attention: Our new Italian Collection will be shipping mid-July! The last time we sourced a collection from Italy, it was 2019 (and our second-ever Partnership collection). We spent several days doing marathon tasting sessions in Verona. Aside from an incredible case...
