by admin | Jan 31, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 gnarled looking, they appear to burst forth from the rocky soil “in agony”… steep, narrow...
by admin | Jan 23, 2020 | Tasting, The Wine Explorers Letter
***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. They eat late. They sleep late. The women seem to grow more...
by admin | Jan 16, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
If Spanish wine is a story of rivers – the Ebro in Rioja, the Duero in Ribera – then Galicia is the story of the Sil river, which also originates in the Cantabrian mountains, but flows due west out toward the Atlantic Ocean, slicing deep, narrow canyons into the...
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Last Sunday, Hollywood’s elite gathered at the world-famous Beverly Hills Hilton to eat vegan food (oh, Los Angeles…), hand out awards, and most importantly… drink some rather familiar-looking wines… The dinner menu and wine list from the Golden Globes ceremony In...
by admin | Jan 3, 2020 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Feliz Año Nuevo! We begin this new year with the matter of Spain. Most people don’t give it a second thought as a wine region. Until we recently, we’ll admit we’d only tasted Rioja, the most famous of their denominacións de origen (the Spanish equivalent of the French...
by admin | Dec 17, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
1. The Three Elements of Tasting a Wine 2. What is a “Corked” Wine? And How to Recognize One… 3. When Should You “Decant”? (And why most people get this wrong…) 4. Grape Varieties and Why They Matter 5. Never Ever Do This At A Wine Tasting 6. Common Myths...
