Given the opportunity to taste, learn and review a Beaujolais wine from Moulin a Vent and I snatched at it. This would be their 2019 vintage, shared by owner/director Edouard Parinet and his father Jean-Jacques who co-runs the winery. From the 2019 Château du Moulin-à-Vent Vintage Report Several factors made this vintage quite unique ……
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) – The Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani, the association representing over 500 wineries in Piedmont, Italy, is pleased to announce the second annual edition of Barolo & Barbaresco World Opening in Los Angeles. The upcoming event will feature the most recently released vintages of Barolo and Barbaresco, 2018 and…
Paso Robles, CA – In-person events are back! The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance announced their calendar for all upcoming public events in 2022. Tickets for three marquee outdoor events are now on sale at pasowine.com. Events include BlendFest on the Coast (February 24 – 27), Spring Release Weekend (March 18 – 20), and Paso Wine Fest (May 19 – 22). Also announced are the…
It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to taste and study wines from Portugal so I was very interested in sampling four that I‘d never had before – two whites and two reds from Herdade do Esporão – and learning all about them. Here is an excerpt from the invitation: Esporão Group Chairman…
ROME, Italy – Italian media company Gambero Rosso has announced the 2022 U.S. Tre Bicchieri tour will happen as scheduled in February. Kicking off on Wednesday, February 16 in Los Angeles, the tour will continue through Monday, February 28 with stops in San Francisco, Chicago, New York City and Boston, respectively. “After carefully reviewing health…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) – Local harvest reports issued by Cava, Montsant and Pla de Bages appellations reveal North-East Spain has experienced an abundant and quality harvest in 2021. Despite a longer than usual harvest due climatic factors, Cava collected 300 million kilos of grapes. According to the Regulatory Board’s Technical Services: “The grapes are in…
A visit to Paso Robles is never complete for us without a visit to J Dusi Winery. Admittedly, it’s personal. We first met Janell Dusi in the mid-2000s at a roadshow tasting for Paso Robles wineries held at a hotel in Santa Monica. At that time, she was pouring her first commercial vintage of Zinfandel…
MIAMI, /PRNewswire/ — Billionaire’s Row, Premier Black-Owned champagne brand has been included as one of Wine & Spirits Magazine’s 2021’s Best Champagnes. Currently highlighted in their December 2021 Holiday Issue, Billionaire’s Row was rated with a ninety (90), highlighted as both delicious and compelling (a compelling wine of its region; a delicious, finessed expression of a place). “Billionaire’s Row was created at Champagne Dumenil, an independent Champagne…
When we decided it was time to visit wine country again, selecting the region was pretty easy. Paso Robles has long been a favorite of ours, going back to the 1980s[!]. Deciding who to visit was a little tougher – there are a lot of people who we consider friends in Paso and many of…
