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PIONEERING | MARTINBOROUGH NEW ZEALAND'S NORTH ISLAND

PIONEERING | MARTINBOROUGH NEW ZEALAND'S NORTH ISLAND

DRY RIVER WINES | Martinborough, New Zealand Jamie Goode visits one of New Zealand's most exciting producers - interviews Neil McCallum and his talented team, and tastes some stunning wines. Established by...
Tagged: All Season Enjoyment Alternative Asset Class Cult Cult Wine Fine and Rare Jamie Goode New Zealand Pinot Noir Vineyard Management
Millennials Are Entering Their Collecting Years — Will They Buy the Same Wines Boomers Did?

Millennials Are Entering Their Collecting Years — Will They Buy the Same Wines Boomers Did?

“Aging in.” It’s a seemingly immutable reality for modern wine marketing as a concept.In a nutshell, the idea posits that fine wine — at least as it has existed in...
Tagged: Alcohol Consumption All Season Enjoyment Alternative Asset Class Burgundy Cellaring Chablis Champagne Chardonnay Clos de la Roche Clos Rougeard Clos Saint-Denis Collecting Cult Cult Wine Dinner Tastings Dujac Echezeaux Fine and Rare Loire Valley Off-Premise Rhone Rioja Vine Pair Wine & Food Society Wine & Spirits Magazine Wine Investing Wine Searcher
Shifting Perspectives: Is Ageing Wine a Thing of the Past?

Shifting Perspectives: Is Ageing Wine a Thing of the Past?

Wine has long suffered from an image problem. Ask a casual imbiber what wine evokes for them and you may see a bead of sweat trickle down their brow. The...
Tagged: All Season Enjoyment Alternative Asset Class Burgundy Cellaring Collecting Cult Wine Dujac Fils & Père Fine and Rare Maison Paul Jaboulet Aine Wine Investing Wine Searcher
RETHINKING JEREZ - EQUIPO NAVAZOS: This is not your parents' Sherry

RETHINKING JEREZ - EQUIPO NAVAZOS: This is not your parents' Sherry

SHERRY IS GEEKED UP Sherry, the really great mind blowing kind, is one of the more complex alcoholic beverages to understand. Developed over centuries the universe of Sherry is enveloped in a labyrinth...
Tagged: Alcohol Consumption All Season Enjoyment Alternative Asset Class Cellaring Dinner Tastings Fine and Rare Fortified Heirloom Jerez Jura Producer in Focus Solera Spain
THE BARON OF ALLOCATED SYRAH: Cayuse & Horsepower

THE BARON OF ALLOCATED SYRAH: Cayuse & Horsepower

Among the most compelling examples of Syrah outside France are made in the most unlikely of places—on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley—and by a Frenchman, born not...
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Linden’s Report on Three Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ Vertical Dinners, 1966-2016

Linden’s Report on Three Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ Vertical Dinners, 1966-2016

The following is one of the more comprehensive expositions of the grand Northern Rhône legend: Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné you are likely to ever read from the legendary taster, Linden Wilkie. 
Tagged: Alcohol Consumption All Season Enjoyment Collecting Dinner Tastings Hermitage La Chapelle Maison Paul Jaboulet Aine Producer in Focus Rhone Syrah Verticals Wine Investing
DISPATCH FROM NORMANDY: Shhh...secret in the Michelin Starred Kitchen

DISPATCH FROM NORMANDY: Shhh...secret in the Michelin Starred Kitchen

This is quite possibly the finest, under the radar, beverage we have ever offered. 

During the 1980s, Eric Bordelet was one of the most influential figures in the Parisian wine scene, as he spent several years at the helm of the wine program at the illustrious Michelin Three Star restaurant l’Arpège.

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