When you consider the potential of this place, it is breathtaking.”Įric Asimov explores the wines of Portugal’s Bairrada wine region in the New York Times. “…with little pressure for change, the Canaries remain an untapped viticultural gold mine: a diverse mix of vines on their own roots at a wide range of altitudes, from sea level to thousands of feet above and still within view of the sea. In Wine & Spirits Magazine, Joshua Greene explores the wines of the Canary Islands. Tim McKirdy on white pinot noir in VinePair. Paul Hobbs explores how learning what to pair with wines made from Areni, the indigenous black grape of Armenia, has rejuvenated his interest in food and wine pairings. In SevenFifty Daily, Amanda Barnes details what you need to know about Chile’s four new DOs. But unlike the tannats of Uruguay, which tend toward the rustic, these are vibrant and polished, with impressive complexity.” “ Glou glou has also been adopted by a new generation of natural winemakers…These wines celebrate funkiness, acidity, and cloudiness as telltale qualities of a unique agricultural product, rather than masking them as flaws, and otherwise flout the stuffiness of wine culture.”ĭave McIntyre discovers Bolivian wines in the Washington Post. Jenni Avins hops onboard the natural wine and “glou glou” train in Quartz. Over the years, the siren call of Pinot Noir has occasionally threatened to lure me away, but I always return to my first true love.” In Wine Enthusiast, Roger Voss looks to Bordeaux, the region that “brings out the best of the grape.” “Cabernet is what I increasingly consider the greatest grape for red wine. Zimmerman looks at how Oregon and even Washington could feel the burn from the forest fire season. “With four in five family wineries in the US still in the hand of first-generation owners, the process of planning for the future is a new challenge, which many have failed to tackle…The unprepared are not alone…” Rebecca Gibb explores various succession plans in Meininger’s. Wine businesses across the world are facing questions of how and when to pass the business on to the next generation. Robert Joseph looks at the value of “good, old-fashioned” wine marketing in Meininger’s. In Forbes, Tom Hyland explores the wines of three Alsace producers: Emily Beyer, Zind-Humbrecht, and Trimbach. In Bon Appétit, Victoria James dishes on the pay-to-play practices behind the rise of bad rosé.

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