Month: November 2021

https://thattriathlonlife.com/products/ttl-x-nabor-wine That Triathlon Life and Dusty Nabor Wines are pleased to bring you a red wine blend of four classic Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Malbec. This wine represents a collaboration between TTL and winemaker Dusty Nabor. Our motivation was to showcase the winemaking and brand of our longtime friend, Dusty Nabor by
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Producers in France’s Champagne region concluded this year’s harvest with a big sigh of relief. The 2021 growing season was one of the region’s most challenging in decades, dogged by frost, mildew and hail. But all is not lost, leading Champagne houses and growers insist. The reduced crop that they were able to harvest still
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The D.O. Jerez-Xeres-Sherry & Manzanilla is thrilled to announce they will join this year’s Wine on Earth Taste-a-Thon with a Sherry round-table, hosted by Carmen Aumesquet, Promotion Director for The Consejo Regulador of Denomination of origins Sherry Wines and 6 international guests. Together they will explore hot topics in the ecosystem of Sherry including the
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Was 2013 a Good Year for California Wine? 2013 wines shocked us with their incredible concentration of flavors. We never expected back-to-back stellar vintages like 2012 and 2013. Watch this 2013 vintage harvest report from Jordan Winery in Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California, offering an inside look at the 2013 growing season, yields and overall
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Super Tuscan wines are popular the world over but are they overrated? In this episode of Overrated Underrated, I rate several famous Super Tuscans including Sassicaia, Tignanello, Solaia, and more. Wines featured in this episode: Tenuta San Guido, Sassicaia https://share.exoticwinetravel.com/sassicaia Antinori, Tignanello https://share.exoticwinetravel.com/tignanello2018 Antinori, Solaia https://share.exoticwinetravel.com/solaia2017 Antinori, Masseto https://share.exoticwinetravel.com/masseto Ornellaia https://share.exoticwinetravel.com/ornellaia Tenuta Luce, Lucente https://share.exoticwinetravel.com/lucente2018
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Julien explains what makes wine a unique beverage, detailing the 5 main components that form its taste: acidity, sweetness, alcohol, tannins, and aromas. Learn how these different elements combine to craft our tasting sensations and compose the flavor of a wine. Want to taste more wine? Check out this special offer from the Bonner Private
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Tasting the Le Prince 2012, part of the April 2018 selection at Le Petit Ballon. Find out more about the wine here: https://www.lepetitballon.co.uk/boutique/chateau-labastide-orliac-le-prince-2012.html Le Petit Ballon is a monthly wine subscription. 2 bottles of wine are selected every month, by one of the top sommeliers in the world. A great way to taste new wines
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French wines have a glorious reputation, especially those from the region of Burgundy, producing the famous French Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. What about American wines? Over the past decades, California wines have slowly earned a prestigious place on the worldwide wine market. California’s terroir has been proved to produce good quality Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays
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Perhaps no industry was impacted more directly economically by the COVID-19 pandemic than restaurants. According to the National Restaurant Association, sales in 2020 were $240 billion below estimates and more than 110,000 restaurants closed their doors permanently that year. Even as the U.S. recovers in staggered steps, the pain continues, with staff shortages and rising
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Wine expert, Madeline Puckette, breaks down the most popular red wine blends in the world while attempting to blend them all together. Follow Wine Folly: https://winefolly.com/subscribe/ https://www.instagram.com/winefolly/ Tweets by WineFolly 1:03 – Red Bordeaux Blend 1:26 – Super Tuscan Blend 1:55 – Rhône / Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blend 2:27 – Red Rioja Blend 2:53 – California heritage
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After temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic, Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence winner Le Cirque reopened Oct. 28 at Las Vegas’ Bellagio hotel, with Dameon Evers taking over as executive chef. Former chef Chris Heisinger is now assistant executive chef of the entire Bellagio property. “I’m honored to be working
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On this episode of ‘Dan Does,’ host Daniel Geneen visits the Francis Ford Coppola Vineyard in Geyserville, California, which is known for making high quality wines at every price point. When spotting the wine everywhere from supermarkets, to boutique wine shops, and even Michelin-starred restaurants, people across the country know this wine goes beyond its
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This event sees Catherine Housden and Anna Spooner from the Tasting & Events team, introducing some of Germany’s white varieties and taking a look at four of the regions where they are produced. Covering Riesling (dry and sweet), Weissburgunder and Grauburgunder and the regions of Rheingau, Baden, Pfalz and Mosel; they also explain the sweetness
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As world leaders meet in Glasgow this week for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to discuss the climate crisis, the wine industry is looking at ways it can reduce its carbon footprint. One Napa winery, Trefethen Family Vineyard, has partnered with Texas company Earthly Labs for an innovative carbon-capturing pilot program at
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In this video, Barron blind tastes 10 Top Red Wines from Rioja, Spain, ranging from list prices of 7,95-19,95€. Please click the link below to see the rankings and pricing from the tasting: http://winemissionary.com/2020/06/15/the-ultimate-rioja-blind-tasting-results/ First and foremost, my goal is to taste for quality, but I will also place an emphasis on enjoyability. Finally, at
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