Port: How It’s Made and How to Drink It
All Port, regardless of style, starts as all wines do: With the picking of the grapes, crush, and then fermentation. But this is where Port diverges
All Port, regardless of style, starts as all wines do: With the picking of the grapes, crush, and then fermentation. But this is where Port diverges
I can tell you that wine competitions are hard work, though it’s likely not the kind of work that you’d imagine.
Listen to enough interviews with wine professionals and you’ll hear a familiar refrain as they tell their origin stories:
“Well, someone took a chance on me…”
“I was in the right place at the right time…”
“I was grossly underqualified, but for some reason…”
To outsiders, the wine industry can seem full of fortunate people. And that’s partly true…
Host your own Sherry wine tasting with great friends, delicious food, and spectacular wines! Follow these top tips from ex-El Bulli sommelier Lucas Paya to put on an event with Andalucian style and flair.
Even though a vast majority of my winemaking career has taken place in California, I cannot ever hide the fact that my heart belongs to Hungary. Ten years ago, I had the good fortune to work a harvest with Kiralyudvar Winery and spend a few months tasting wines all around Tokaj. I came away from that experience with an even stronger love and appreciation for this special region in my home country and what it has to offer.
We’re not typically ones to sound our own trumpets, but we wanted to take this opportunity to share a few of the reasons why we believe that by studying with us, you are putting your education at a cut above the rest. –Christian Oggenfuss, DWS, AIWS FWS, IWP, Chief Education Officer The Napa Valley Wine …
In January of this year, we officially moved into our very own brick and mortar, headquartered at 2501 Oak Street, smartly situated at the corner of California and Oak in downtown Napa, California. The space was formerly occupied by a theater arts school, which leaves a lingering excited energy in the walls, good vibes all …
The Tokaj Wine Region in Hungary is a two hour drive, east and a bit north, from the country’s capital city of Budapest. To the north of Tokaj is Slovakia, east is the Ukraine and south is Romania–an area besieged by wars and subject to Mongolian influence for centuries before Ottoman control, followed by a …
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Trade tasting events in the wine industry are great fun — they even start to feel a bit like a social club once you’re a regular attendee — and depending on the tasting, be it: California Cabs, new vintages of Bordeaux reds or a potpourri of Italian wines, familiar faces appear and conversations delve into …