Expect my rating report soon. Some powerful, important trends are still ongoing, some wacky ones are thankfully disappearing, and others are brand-new. Every December, I spend hours combing through my stack of red tasting notebooks to home in on the standout bottles and think about why they wowed me.
This year, I included a bonus two more…. To me that means plenty of Champagne because wines with bubbles perfectly match the sparkly lights on my tree and the general fizzy festiveness of the season.
While watching an old movie on TV? December 13, — I know. I ferreted out some on international trips, others at big importer portfolio tastings or meetings with producers in New York, still others during daily tastings in my home office in Connecticut….
Or consider the image baggage of California zinfandel. And who better to ask about that than Taiwanese billionaire and mega art and wine collector Pierre Chen..? October 18, — A bold bubbly is never a bad way to get the holiday party started. Each one has a great backstory, too, to get the conversation flowing. Similar in style to the grand vin with crushed dried flower scents and bright energy, the Petite Fleur trades some complexity and depth for….
In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg, Geordie Willis, director of new ventures at the venerable central London retailer, reveals that the inaugural global sale for Berry Bros. The Future of Wine is White. September You get the idea. September means harvest in the wine world, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Already pickers have been fanning out into vineyards in Europe and the US, including in Virginia, to bring in grapes for sparkling wines and some whites.
