by Wine Explorer | Apr 2, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
In case you didn’t see our message earlier today, this week, we are celebrating the Partnership’s second year with a special cellar opening. Click here to see our inventory… *** Well, it’s been two years since our very first release – the original 6-bottle...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 25, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
In one of the stranger stories from 2021 – a great robbery in Moët & Chandon’s Champagne vineyard. Unlike back in the 1980s, however, when thieves snuck onto French vineyards in search of illicit vine cuttings (smuggling them back to California in Samsonite...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 19, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
We had a chance to taste an incredible limited edition chardonnay recently. When we looked down at the label we gasped… it was from California. Longtime readers will know our distaste for the melted butter chardonnays from Napa. We put them in the same “what...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 15, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Contents: Where did the Word Gaucho Come From? The Culture of Gauchos Gauchos and Wine: A Brief History Famous Historical Gauchos Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: His History with Gauchos and Wine In Argentina Gauchos: An Integral Part of Argentine Culture Gauchos are a...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 12, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Slow week at the office. The global shipping crunch we reported on a few weeks ago continues to wreak havoc. The New York Times reports that traffic jams continue to plague ports around the world, with ships sometimes waiting days to offload their containers. Even...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 5, 2021 | The Wine Explorers Letter
One of the more bizarre stories to surface in the world of wine recently… the release from prison of the author of a notorious Californian wine Ponzi scheme… More on that in a moment… But first, has your wine been tainted? This week, resident wine...
