Category The Wine Explorers Letter

[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 admin_label=”TExt 1″ _builder_version=”3.27.4″] 1. The Three Elements of Tasting a Wine [/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHuurAi9Asg&feature=youtu.be” admin_label=”1. Video” _builder_version=”3.25.1″ width=”80%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”TExt 2″ _builder_version=”3.27.4″] 2. What is a “Corked” Wine? And How to Recognize One… [/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3k8NeYYbCg&feature=youtu.be”…

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″][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″] “We just paid $47 for a three-person steak dinner at one of the best steakhouses in the world!” Will reported. Last week, half the Bonner Private Wine Partnership team – Will, Diego,…

[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″] Buenos Aires, AR Half the team (Will and Julien) is on the ground in Northwestern Argentina checking in on the growing season (now at the halfway mark) and sampling some new wines from…

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[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″] Baltimore, MD This week, wine lovers the world over celebrate the release of Beaujolais Nouveau…  Curious about just what it is that makes the arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau at the conclusion of…

[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″] Baltimore, MD C. and I opened up our bottle of Moutard NV Brut last night… [/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://bonnerprivatewines.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Champagne-Moutard-INV.png” _builder_version=”3.25.1″ width=”80%”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] Notes of tropical fruits cut by a sharp minerality and a tart bite…

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[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″] It’s one of the strangest appellations in all of Europe, a sort of French “Brigadoon” located on a misty ridge covered in razor-sharp, blue-grey rock… where flash floods wash away the roads nearly…