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In Photos – A Tasting at Mustilli Winery

In Photos – A Tasting at Mustilli Winery

I’ve been in Italy, vineyard hopping, snow permitting, from Umbria down to Campania and Naples. Not just me, I should add, but a party of fabulous people gathered in Italy for the International Wine Tourism Conference and various trips out after, if we behaved ourselves! The Mustilli...

White wines….

As I promised, here is a list of many of the grapes used for making white wines… as you can see there is no shortage of vinifera in the world for you to explore…. And these lists are not even complete! So, let’s grab a bottle, pop a cork and try some wine! White grapes...

Unbelievable, this soil! (Domaine Montcalmes, Languedoc)

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Amorosa Bella 2010 Russian River Valley Sparking Brut

Regular Retail Price: $30.00 The Wine Spies One Day Price: $23.99 Varietal: Pinot Noir - Chardonnay Region: ...

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Hermann J. Wiemer Wine Dinner at Aurora Inn on February 25

The Aurora Inn will present the eighth in its series of Epicurean Events on February 25th, with the Hermann J. Wiemer Wine Dinner. The meal will include five paired courses, in addition to a reception wine. The evening’s wines feature...

The Essence of Wine: Wet Stones

Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Perhaps you have lingered in a mountain stream, climbed alpine ridge-tops or descended crevasses. Perhaps you have tasted rain on your tongue, or drunk deeply from a stone cistern, echoing with time. Even if you simply r...

Swedish trip with our agent and Andreas Larsson

Departure for Stockholm on February 2 via Paris. I traveled the Bordeaux –Paris portion with Ronan Laborde from Château Clinet.The purpose of the trip to Stocholm was to attend an event organized by our agent at the beautiful restaurant Operakällar...

Marius Gentaz Côte-Rôtie – a Dinner for the Ages.

The other night I did something that I have never done before, and most likely will never do again. I drank a Marius Gentaz Côte-Rôtie. Gentaz is the revered traditionalist farmer and wine maker whose Côte-Rôties are considered by many Rhône cogno...

Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand

I’ve lost count of the number of temples that we have visited during the last 7 months. We are now in Chiang Mai and I promised myself only a single visit to a Buddhist temple during our stay and the temple I picked was Wat Phra Singh. Photos of Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand...

Justice Comes To Wine As The Fat Man Goes Down

I like Justice. Real justice, the kind that provides an appropriate response to a dastardly act, feels good. And it makes you believe that civilization is a good thing, despite its occasional tendencies to roll off the rail. Today, it...

Don Cornwell, The Fine Wine Bidder’s Hero

Don Cornwell may well be a wine fraudster's worst nightmare -- a highly motivated, highly educated, and extremely experienced collector who is tired of seeing people pay outrageous sums for fake wine and of auction houses that seem to have no qualms ab...

2010 Rheingau – Schloss Schonborn

Peter BarthI really have not visited many estates in the Rheingau. Just Spreitzer, which was a lovely visit, and is on my short list for the top estates in the Rheingau, but after my tasting with Peter Barth at Schloss Schonborn, they have zipped to th...