The leading Spanish wine trade show presents its 5th edition in Madrid. Spanish wine banks on Barcelona Wine Week to grow and diversify markets The standstill in wine consumption and exports push Spanish wineries to look for new markets in order to grow. In this context, Barcelona Wine Week 2025, focused on opening up new business opportunities…
When I was in California and took to foraging at a local Trader Joe’s store, I saw a new single malt whisky on their shelves: Pōkeno from New Zealand for only $49.99. Did some googling and found this nice review from @execs_whiskey_club on Instagram. It was entered into the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition…
Italy’s Premier Food and Wine Authority Introduces New Rare Wines Section in 2025 Guide ROME, Italy – Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading food and wine media company, has released the 38th edition of its acclaimed Vini d’Italia guide. Available in Italian, English, German, Chinese, and Japanese, this year’s guide showcases an unprecedented level of innovation, including…
The Portuguese wine festival took place in April and October and visited Vail, CO; Pebble Beach, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Chicago, IL; New York, NY NEW YORK/PRNewswire/ — Port Wine Fest–a festival and celebration of Portuguese wines, gastronomy and culture organized by the Port Wine Shippers Association (AEVP)–has completed its first-ever U.S. tour, which took place in five major cities and introduced…
We recently received the following email from Wilson Artisan Wineries about The Children of the Vineyard Workers Scholarship Fund and wanted to share it with our readers. The fund is administered by Antoine Favero, who is winemaker for several of the Wilson Artisan Wineries including Mazzocco Sonoma, Soda Rock, Jaxon Keys, etc. With more than…
The Universal Whisky Experience, aka the Nth, will once again be held at the Wynn Las Vegas And Encore from April 23-25, 2025. The event will be “Crafting timeless moments through the art of whisky and spirits, uniting connoisseurs worldwide with exceptional flavor and heritage.” Already know what you need to know? Then click here…
Viarae is the groundbreaking collaboration between GALLO and award-winning actress and producer Issa Rae HEALDSBURG, Calif./PRNewswire/ — Viarae Prosecco is being recognized as Innovator of the Year by Wine Enthusiast for their 25th Annual Wine Star Awards. Viarae is a partnership between Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress, producer and entrepreneur Issa Rae and GALLO, the world’s leading family-owned wine…
The launch of ultra-premium whiskeys includes three estate-grown expressions: bourbon, rye and American single malt SANTA ROSA, Calif. /PRNewswire/ — Foley Family Wines & Spirits (FFWS), the Sonoma County-based, family-owned wine and spirits company, continues its strategic expansion into the spirits market with the launch of Minden Mill single estate whiskeys, crafted at the Minden Mill Distillery, which…
It seems fitting to finish up this short series on Mendocino County and Coro Mendocino wines by going back to where it started at Jaxon Keys when winemaker Antoine Favero first showed us a bottle of Coro a couple of years ago. Since that trip was all about the brandy and we hadn’t reported on…
Very excited about our now-annual November visit to Napa wineries – our Thanksgiving Chef Ann (my husband’s sister) moved to No CA so we follow her there now for dinner and enjoy wine tasting on the same trip! I had already shared a teaser of who we were to visit in this blog, read it…