Largest & Most Distinguished US Wine & Spirits Distributor Association’s Competition Awards Ten Medals to Royal Wine Corp Bayonne, NJ – The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) Tasting Competition has awarded top honors to Royal Wine Corp, a producer, importer and distributor of the finest kosher wines and spirits, headquartered in Bayonne, NJ. In total…
“It’s one from the cellar tonight, Eddie!” Looking for something to try, that ended up scoring well with the critics, I got my corkscrew into a St-Emilion 2009 Chateau Monbousquet with my husband Eddie’s blessing. It had been a bit since my last one bottle post so I got my pen and pad ready too….
We have always loved the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (abbreviated to UGCB now, formerly it was UGC) wine tasting in Los Angeles every year. Last year they offered it in San Francisco, and now that we reside in Las Vegas we didn’t want to fly there to attend. However, friends that did raved…
VANCOUVER, Wash., /PRNewswire/ — The Wine Market Journal, the world’s top resource for rare wine valuation, has released its list of the top appreciating wines for 2024. “Two thousand twenty-four was a challenging year for much of the alcohol industry, but high-end wines provided a bright spot, as they generally do, with good strength. The Wine Market…
I was recently offered four wines for review – all of which I had never sampled before. Because of this I jumped at the chance to try a new-to-me Malbec blend from Argentina, two non-vintage Champagnes from France and a Cream Sherry from Spain. I received the technical sheets and some information on each winery,…
Sometimes, when I remember to do it, I write up all my favorite wine and spirit discoveries from the past year for an end of year post. As I’ve been writing about wine in this blog since 2009, it’s very possible I’ve done this at least 10-15 times…but I’m guessing that I didn’t always remember…
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…
Driving from our base in Hopland (more about that in our next article) to Greenwood Ridge Vineyards in the Anderson Valley, it became evident that Mendocino County is not your typical wine country. Taking the winding roads to the small town of Philo provided a breathtaking scenic experience of beautifully forested mountain driving. The Greenwood…
ROME, /PRNewswire/ — Gambero Rosso, one of Italy’s most prestigious wine guides, recognized for its authoritative reviews and ratings of Italian wines, has named Trentino-based wine estate San Leonardo as 2025 “Winery of the Year.” The award is one of Italy’s highest wine honors and comes on the heels of the 300th anniversary of the storied Italian estate, which has been…