What Does It Mean to “Talk Like a Sommelier”?
Can you talk like a sommelier? Julien Miquel breaks down wine vocabulary and shows how the right words can change the way you taste and understand wine.
Category The Wine Explorers Letter
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Please Stop Calling It “Burgundy”
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_text module_id=”video” _builder_version=”4.3.2″ hover_enabled=”0″] We’re hard at work shipping out our remaining Spanish wines today. So we’ll keep this week’s missive short. We’ll leave you to enjoy winemaker Julien Miquel’s latest tasting lesson. This week,…
Mountain Wineries of Chile
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″] This week, we write to you from London’s Shard (a skyscraper in central London that looks like a shard of glass), where we’re enjoying a glass…
Diego Discovers a Grape Long Thought Extinct
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″] “For nearly 100 years, they thought the vines were merlot,” reports Diego, after returning to Buenos Aires from a recent trip to Chile. But it wasn’t…
Sipping Rum from Volcanic Ash
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_text module_id=”video” _builder_version=”4.3.2″] Tola, Nicaragua Not much wine in Nicaragua, but the rum sure goes down easy. Surprisingly easy, in fact, given that it comes from a 130-year-old distillery at the foot of an active…
Bonner Wines Named in Top 100 of 2019
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] The entire Bonner Private Wine Partnership team is scattered to the four winds. Barry is returning from Australia (“a very productive trip.”) Diego is returning from…
Atop the Natural Wine Bubble
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] “It tastes like warm grape juice with some dirt mixed in… You might like it.” C. had just poured a glass of natural teroldego (a northern…
Argentina Like You’ve Never Seen It
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_id=”video” _builder_version=”4.11.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Dear Member, In December of 2019 Will, Julien, and Diego went back to Argentina’s isolated “Calchaqui Valley” to visit our favorite winemakers and discover more wines. The footage…
What Will Happen to Australia’s Vineyards?
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] We’re keeping things short this week. Most of the team is busy sending out the Spanish wine collection. Sourced from 600-year-old cellars… hand-pruned vines so…
World’s Oldest Vine (1769) Still Produces Grapes!
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] ***This week, Julien is preparing the virtual wine tasting for our Spanish collection, which is being shipped as we write. His regular lesson series will resume next week.*** The Spanish don’t fear time.…