by admin | Jul 26, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
New York, NY “I want it to taste like someone stuffed gym socks in the bottle.” Across the table, C. raised her eyebrows. The sommelier smiled and walked away. “Dear, this is a nice restaurant,” C. began. “They’re not going to have wine that tastes like…”...
by admin | Jul 18, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Delray Beach, FL Shockwaves rippled through the wine world last week with the release of the annual Top 50 World’s Best Vineyards list. The top spot – chosen by the “Academy,” a group of 500 sommeliers, wine connoisseurs, and hoteliers – went not to France, Italy, or...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Delray Beach, FL – We had occasion this past weekend to thumb through a copy of What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by Terry Theise. If the name is unfamiliar, Theise is both a writer and an importer, a combination which is to the world of wine what being a...
by admin | Jul 5, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
“Look at that sediment,” C said. “It’s almost like apple cider.” We were inspecting a cloudy bottle of “natural” sparkling wine we had recently received in the mail. As staunch critics of mass market wines and industrial winemaking, it is often expected that we...
by admin | Jun 27, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
“The wines are on their way!” said Diego. We let out a whoop. After months and months, we finally had our Italian wines crossing the ocean to our warehouse in California. We had been surprised at how long it took, even after all our deals were in place, to get our...
by admin | Jun 21, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
Annapolis, MD40 years ago, in the dead of night, a thief stole Burgundy’s greatest wine secret.Sneaking onto a vineyard on a moonless night, an American named Gary is said to have crouched down by a pinot noir vine, clipped a few branches, wrapped them in a damp rag...
