Wine
Climate project and wine guru Pancho Campo suggested this week that we might want to go back to the olden days of wine commerce. In order to avoid the tremendous amount of emissions caused by transporting crates of heavy wine bottles, we might want to return to the time when wine was shipped in bulk [...]
I wonder if this is true elsewhere? Apparently, recession mentality bottomed out for NYC fine dining customers in the 4th quarter of 2009. Now diners are not afraid to show off anymore, if they have money. Last week, Wine + Spirits’ Joshua Greene moderated a panel with top NYC restaurant sommeliers Levi Dalton of Alto, [...]
So the cute little “mini-barrel” of Red Truck wine arrives. It’s green because it’s 4 bottles in 1 container. It’s red because it’s 2007 California red wine. We tried it last night. I also happened to have a bottle of the 2002 on hand and the two vintages tasted remarkably similar, another 5 years in [...]
Before you freak, let me just tell you my theory: you can’t be a great biodynamic wine maker unless you are a great winemaker. If you’re a great wine maker, going biodynamic* can add a whole other dimension to your wines. More aromatics, more flavor components, subtle structural and finishing elements. I saw this again [...]
The KINGDOM of Navarra: a blend of super-chef, medieval castles, good to great wines and it’s green, too: 38 windfarms generate 65% of their energy. An ancient tradition of wines and spirits, and very modern hearty but beautifully balanced red wines, often temperanillo and temp blends. And a few lyrical sauvignon blancs, too. We had [...]
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After tasting the DuBoeuf Beaujolais Nouveau earlier and enjoying the light fruitiness of the wine, I was surprised to return to the covered glass a few hours later and find the flavors had all but disappeared. But I did not despair. I got out a wine gadget: the Vinturi Wine Aerator — the little one [...]
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Suddenly one October afternoon I fell in love with Albariño, the bright and lovely Spanish white wine. I had visited the home of Albariño before; it’s a charming, ancient land of rolling hills touched by Atlantic breezes in the northwest corner of Spain. Yet, here I was in New York city, at the annual Great [...]
You might know all about wine cork, but it made a real difference to me to stand in a cork forest in Portugal recently. And to see the whole process of wine corks being made. (Courtesy of Amorim, which is the largest cork producer in the largest cork-producing company in the world.) Cork oaks are [...]
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