What’s Your Favorite Pinot Noir Region? Pinot Noir varies from elegant to highly extracted. Softer Pinot Noirs come from cold-weather regions like Burgundy, northern Sonoma, and New Zealand; intense Pinot Noirs come from hotter climates like California’s Central…
Every four years the anticipation of the Olympics sweeps across the world. With the 2024 summer games in full swing, we have been on the edge of our seats watching these athletes compete. It got us thinking if…
Surprisingly, This Wine No Longer Exists Ancient Romans prized the Falernum wine. It was most likely white, exposed to sun or smoke, aged 10 years or more, and mixed with honey, spices, resins, and even seawater to soften…
Who Doesn’t Love a Good Value? Saumur in the Loire Valley, France’s most diverse wine region, is famed for its sparkling wines. Pro tip: these are great “Champagne-style” (i.e. traditional method) sparkling wines for incredible value.
More Exciting Than a Houseplant When it comes to winegrowing, vines are not houseplants: i.e., lusher is not better. When the vine canopy grows too exuberantly, this causes problems by blocking sunshine to the grapes and letting the…
