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Two Great Wine Estates That Are Part Of Portugal’s Wine History
In 1882, when Andrew James Symington first traveled from Scotland to Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, it would not only become a new adventurous chapter in his life but it would be the beginning of the legacy of … Continue reading
An Italian Wine Known For Its Style Brings Focus To Single Vineyard Sense Of Place
The finest red wine grape bunches of the season were carefully harvested by hand by an elderly couple and their adult children as their small grandchildren watched the work that one day would be at the core of their existence. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amarone, Italy, Ripasso, Single Vineyard, Valpolicella, Veneto
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The Iconic Wines From Spain Produced By Embracing The Failures That Lead To The Path To Perfection
A young Spanish man from a family with an extremely successful business tried to define his life during his college years. His keen mind, filled with a strong curiosity for a wide range of subjects, at first put him on … Continue reading
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Tagged Hungary, Ribera del Duero, Spain, Tempranillo, Tokaj, Vega Sicilia
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Top Champagne House Releases 50-Year-Old Vintage Onto The Wine Market
Tucked away in the northern limits of wine grape growing ability, in the acclaimed region of Champagne, France, an adolescent young man is crushed seeing how much of his family’s grapes were decimated by hail as it was the second … Continue reading
The Woman Who Carved A Path For Fine Wines From Argentina
A sweet young woman walked side by side with her father, a man who had been her hero from as far back as she could remember, in vineyards that sat at almost 5,000 feet in elevation among the foothills of … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Malbec
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A Napa Valley Wine Homage To Ancient Persia By An Immigrant From Iran
As the sun began to rise and shine its rays of warmth on the hot southern coast of Iran, a Range Rover started to drive towards the cooler areas of the country before the heat started to accumulate. In the … Continue reading
Spanish Family Winery Survival Saves Century-Old Ungrafted Bush Vines
A secret garden of vineyards sit at 2,300 feet and beyond in elevation within a tiny wine region called Almansa in Spain, surrounded by limestone mountains called El Mugrón that protect the old, dry-farmed bush vines that are ungrafted as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicante Bouschet, Almansa DO, Bodegas Piqueras, Bush Vines, Garnacha Tintorera, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Old Vines, Spain
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French Wine Producer Using Electric Wires To Combat Frost In Chablis, Burgundy
Very little sleep was had by Domaine William Fèvre’s cellar master Didier Séguier while he fought 20 nights of frost over a span of only 29 days in the Chablis wine region in northern France in April earlier this year. … Continue reading
