by admin | May 21, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
We don’t typically offer rosé at the Partnership. The only time we’ve done so was back in 2019, with the Domaine Ollier-Taillefer from Faugères, in France’s Languedoc region. That was a special find – organic, low alcohol, sun-bleached rather than pink in coloring,...
by Wine Explorer | May 14, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Last week, we talked Bordeaux, and specifically Le Médoc region – home to France’s most famous brands: Latour, Margaux, Lafite, Mouton. But why is Bordeaux, and Médoc in particular, so highly regarded? Most people assume it’s because the area produces the world’s best...
by Wine Explorer | May 7, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
We were celebrating a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. It was time to splurge. Besides which, we had already run through our last shipment from the Partnership. Stepping into our local wine shop, we passed such familiar haunts as Saint-Joseph… the Bourgogne…...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 30, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
We’ve been busy the last few weeks, what with getting our Alta California collection shipped out, shooting our new tasting video with wine expert Julien Miquel, and the Argentine harvest… not to mention our first-ever livestream this past weekend out of Delray...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 16, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Continuing up the coast from San Francisco past Napa, Sonoma, and Sonoma Coast, you find California’s northernmost wine region, the North Coast. The Pacific fog gets thick there. At night, it drifts eastward through the Anderson Valley, eventually coming to settle on...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 9, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
This week, we debrief on our Easter wine selections. Last year, we broke our Lenten vows with a Partnership wine: the 2016 Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape from our 2019 French Collection. We had meant to keep it cellared, but after two months of lockdown, we were no...
