by Wine Explorer | Apr 24, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
It looks to be a warm week in the Calchaquí Valley. One last burst before winter. Up at the higher elevations (8,000 feet and above), the winds of winter have already begun to arrive – blowing away the oxygen, so the locals say. Thankfully, the harvests are all done...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 17, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
No weekly video from Julien this week as he has been hard at work preparing the tasting video for our Australia/New Zealand collection. If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check it out here… Well, we missed out on a big family gathering this Easter. No children...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 10, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Last week, we took you on a tour of two Australian vineyards: Langmeil, with its 19th century shiraz vines (the oldest in the world), and Helen & Joey and their cool pinot noir. This week, we continue our journey into the antipodes with what is perhaps the...
by Wine Explorer | Apr 3, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Syrah is a hard wine. A dry wine. It is perhaps the most similar to malbec of all the European varietals. Karen MacNeil once said syrah reminded her of “the guy who wears cowboy boots with his tuxedo.” In other words, that most manly of men. Shiraz, the Australian...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 27, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Well, a week into our unofficial quarantine, we finally caved… We opened up our Manzanos 2008 about five years earlier than we had intended. It was a happy accident. More on that in a moment… But first, if you had to use the word “cuvée” in a sentence, could...
by Wine Explorer | Mar 13, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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, he takes you on a tour du monde of the essential wines (and wine regions)...
