Happy Weekend, Depending on your current hemisphere, white wine is either the first or last thing on your mind. But, your enjoyment of white wine doesn’t have to be seasonal. We’ve made Rosé season a year-long affair. It should be the same for white wine. However, beginners get stuck in the rut. They see only […]
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The Three Acts of Wine: And Why You Need To Pay More Attention To Act I
Happy Weekend, All too often, beginners forget about wine’s first act: from vine to bottle. If there’s anything beginners should spend more time on it’s the life of wine before it arrives in your glass. In particular, you need to focus on the vineyard and the winery. Let’s work in reverse to better understand the error […]
Australian Wine – A Starter Guide
Happy Weekend, Every time you go wine shopping, you bring two things with you: 1) Your wallet 2) Your bias You navigate the store looking for the familiar, and you never venture into the unknown parts of the wine world. For my English speaking wine drinkers, they balk at suggestions of Germany, France and Italy. […]
Impress Your Friends With The Value of Second Wines
Happy Weekend, Sticking in the spirt of last week, I want to talk to you baby bottles. No, not half bottles again, today we’re focused second bottles from top producers. What is a Second Bottle? A producer releases a second bottle as a companion to their flagship bottle. Think of it as a hedge. In poor […]
Why Half Bottles Are Full Of Value
Happy Weekend, Half bottles are under-appreciated, and therefore, under-purchased. As a wine beginner, you now have the knowledge advantage. But before you start buying small-size everything, one ground rule: Avoid most white wines, like fresh, youthful ones and sparkling. Other than that, you’re ready to purchase. The benefits of half bottles include: Buying Wines Outside Your […]
4 Lessons From a Wine Criminal
Happy Weekend, There’s lots of wine names you should know. Jancis Robinson, Karen MacNeil, Steven Spurrier, and plenty more who I’ve talked about in past issues. But, Rudy Kurniawan may be unfamiliar to you. Rudy is the world’s greatest known wine criminal. It’s estimated that some 550 million USD worth of wine still exists in […]