by Wine Explorer | Mar 24, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
In wine, as in crypto currency, the rewards increase with each level of difficulty. Our main point of reference being wine from malbec grapes cultivated in isolated valleys at 8,000 feet above sea level, we like our wines to be difficult – grown on terroirs that...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 17, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
A light jacket and scarf is recommended in Tuscany this time of year, especially if you insist on tracing its winding roads with your cabriolet’s top down. Temperatures are climbing up but the breezes off the Tyrrhenian Sea cool you down, and then in the morning...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 14, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Contents: Wine Bottles: How Shape, Size, and Design Affect Your Wine Experience The Origin and Usage of Different Wine Bottles Different Regional Wine Bottles Important Aspects of Bottle Shape Wine Bottles and Wine Storage 3 Ways Wine Bottle Types Impact Wine Storage...
by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | The Wine Explorers 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 DOC, DOCG, IGT and VdT Wines Final Overview: DOC, DOCG, IGT, and VdT In Italy, there are four main classifications for...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 10, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 Lenten season in our cellar. Amarone is a big red, a deep red, one of those laborious...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 3, 2023 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 albarello style (think little trees) or the koulouri (AKA “basket”) method favored on...
