The latest educational wine tasting event from Clink Different “celebrated all things sparkling from Germany and Bordeaux (with) a virtual tasting of Crémant de Bordeaux and German Sekt.” We were greeted in the Zoom presentation by Cecile Ha from the Bordeaux Council. Ha shared that both Germany and Bordeaux created white, red and sparkling wines, benefitted…
Recently a pal that used to live in Santa Clarita had called me as he was opening a wine bar where he lives now in Texas. He didn’t want advice on anything other than what wine I would want if I were to visit his bar. Since he had moved to Texas a few years…
From Penfolds, in the Barossa Valley, Australia, comes this 2018 Kalimna Bin 28 Shiraz.https://landmarkfamilydental.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/jpg/synthroid.html Had a lot of bins (just a numbering system Penfolds uses, they have many bins, aka Batch Id Numbers) and never had one I didn’t like. I also adore the little food and wine bar that had decided to host a…
RICKREALL, ORE. (PRWEB) – In these uncertain times, the team at Left Coast Estate put their heads together for how they could meaningfully give back. The winery, located in the newly designated Van Duzer Corridor AVA in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, had seen the profound impact of the COVID crisis on the hospitality industry and felt compelled…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) – Slow Wine Editore announces some important changes and news for the next 2021 edition of its English-language edition of the Slow Wine Guide, which this year successfully celebrated its 10th anniversary. Deborah Parker Wong, DWSET, one of the Slow Wine Guide contributors, has recently been named National Editor of the US edition…
In the elegant framework of the restaurant Wolfgang Puck at the Bel-Air Hotel, several somms, restaurant owners and wine buyers, as well as a few wine writers, were invited to learn about Vina Ardanza, celebrate in their 75th anniversary, taste vintages dating back to 1989 and enjoy a multi-course luncheon. (Hyperlink to photos from the…
SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire/ — Wine.com, the nation’s leading online wine retailer, topped $150 million in revenue for 2019. The $20 million gain over 2018 represents the largest year-over-year gain in company history. The strong annual results were supported by a holiday season that set records of its own, including 60% revenue growth over Cyber Weekend, record Net…
What wineries, wine writers or winemakers have you snubbed for a real – or possibly imagined – insult? It’s probably happened to us all. That one bad experience with a business and we no longer will frequent them. It could be out and out bad behavior (stole my wallet in a restaurant and lo and…
The Jalisco Tourism Board came to Los Angeles recently to host a tequila tasting as part of an informative event and I was thrilled to attend to learn more: Jalisco is full of tradition as the birthplace of tequila, mariachi and Mexico’s national sport charrería, but it’s also one of the states with the most…
