NEW YORK (PRWEB) – Acker Wines has announced its formal partnership with the United Sommeliers Foundation, (USF), in an effort to support wine professionals affected by the crisis. Acker will be accepting auction consignments of wine and spirits to directly benefit the USF program, which provides financial assistance to sommeliers who have been furloughed as a…
Last week I asked Facebook pals to share their favorite winery experience, something that made them lifelong fans. I had a few of my own, they had many more, so this is the second group of answers. Feel free to email me if you also have a memorable winery experience to share: Eve@EveWine101.com Your Favorite…
ST. HELENA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — St. Helena’s ACME Fine Wines today announced they are launching by-appointment-only virtual wine tastings for any wines purchased online or by phone, as well as tastings for their monthly wine club shipments. These new tastings can be held via Zoom or phone, and appointments can be made by calling 707.963.0440…
LA JOLLA, CALIF. (PRWEB) – Winemakers and owners from some of the most exclusive California wineries will travel down the coast to The Lodge at Torrey Pines for its inaugural Beyond the Cellar: A Spring Collectors Tasting. The AAA Five Diamond La Jolla resort will host the wine tasting and purchasing event Friday, May 8, 2020 from…
Last month I got another look at the whynot wine saver (2019 article) and benefitted from the expert knowledge from the North American Sommelier Association president Diego Meraviglia, on what the heck a Super Tuscan is and how it came to be. The invitation is below, then my notes of what I learned and photos…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) – After 30 years of tracking industry trends in top restaurants across the US, Wine & Spirits has seen wine sales rise and fall with the economy. In those three decades, the two moments when our respondents noted a downward trend in wine sales prefaced an economic downturn: in 2001, prior to the burst…
I attended a wine class organized by the North American Sommelier Association (NASA), of which I am a member, to learn more about ‘Cru Bourgeois’ wines mostly from the Medoc and Haut Medoc region of Bordeaux, France. Wine appellations in Europe have lots of rules and distinctions. The Cru Bourgeois was different from any other…
OAKVILLE, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — Miner Family Winery, a family-owned winery known for its flagship Bordeaux-style blend, The Oracle, is thrilled to announce the completion of their new wine tasting spaces. Brought to life with the help of Kristin Martin Design and General Contractor, Andy Isdahl, the new space was designed with intimate tasting experiences in mind…
My first thought when I picked up Bianca Bosker’s Cork Dork tale was oh boy, I was going to learn some new tricks here. Three hundred pages later I not only learned a cellar full of tricks but also felt a whole lot better about being a wine geek myself. Bosker’s cork dorkiness went way…
International-renowned sommelier, Noel Shu, provides in-depth look at the modern Chinese wine I can’t recall the last time I tried wine from China, possibly at the LA Wine Fest. So here I had an opportunity for a virtual taste and a cultural lesson all in one after reading Shu’s book, “China, Through a Glass of…