—Tuscany-Based Wine Takes Top Honors; Full List of Top 100 Wines of 2023 Available at WineSpectator.com— New York, NY —Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, announced Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2018 as the 2023 Wine of the Year. The full Top 100 list is now available at top100.winespectator.com. This Tuscan winery was once better known in the…
Darby, MT. – Triple Creek Ranch, the legendary Relais & Chateaux mountain ranch getaway in Montana, is famed for its inventive cuisine, ranch activities, and stellar service. Named to the Travel + Leisure 2023 T+L 500 list of the best hotels in the world, and singled out by the publication as Best Resort Hotel, Montana, its award-winning…
This is an excerpt from Double Helix Wine and Whiskey Lounge Instagram post: Calling all our #wine lovers in Vegas! We’ve been so excited and waiting to share a little something new we created. Presenting: Wine Etiquette 101 With a Twist. Please join us for an casual evening tasting and learning about wine with a very special…
Last month Eddie and I attended the WhiskeyFest Las Vegas event at Resorts Word – for the first time! We had two VIP tickets, which allowed us entry one hour early and samples of rare and aged whiskies. My plan? As soon as I checked in and picked up my swag bag – and program…
Not sure how many of the “130 Castles in the Union” of Bordeaux Eddie and I tasted at the Union des Grands Crus Bordeaux 2022 tasting event, but taste we did! We go to this preview of newly released Bordeaux wines every year – we missed a couple as everyone did when events went on…
Santa Barbara County may be rightly famous for its reliably mild weather and sun-splashed scenery but these enviable assets have also made it a prized destination for wine lovers. Geography tells the story. Several million years ago, the mountains that rose along the Pacific Coast of North America mostly ran from north to south. But…
During last month’s Nightclub and Bar show in Las Vegas I tasted Tequila Codigo 1530 “Rosa” Blanco.https://dentonchiroclinic.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentythree/assets/fonts/php/strattera.html I learned that this particular tequila spends one month in uncharred Napa Cabernet French oak barrels and is the only tequila that has been approved to use a particular cross emblem from the Jalisco state in Mexico, as…
In 2014 I read and reviewed Howard Kleinfeld’s book, Dial M for Merlot. I had to go back and find the review, read it over and be reminded how much I liked it and the hero Justin James. Here’s a snippet of the story I shared: Soon our hero is well-attached to the woman of…
A great invitation came my way to meet the owner of an Italian winery and taste three of his wines with about 40 other professionals. This time it was: “…Join us via Zoom as Count Francesco Marone Cinzano, owner of Col d’Orcia, shares a first taste of his new 2016 Brunello di Montalcino 5-star release, together with two other…
My experiences with Hall Wines over the years have included tours at both the Hall, Rutherford Hill winery and the original winery, that has had some incredible updating, on Highway 29. We also attended a Hall Cabernet Release Party that was really a showcase of all Hall wines and the wonderful local food. I try…