Website: https://www.sciaraetna.com/ Stef Yim used to be a sommelier in Los Angeles. During his tenure in restaurants, he developed a fascination for wines produced from volcanic soils. He aspired to create his own wine, which led him to purchase a couple of tons of grapes from Lake County in California for his initial attempt. In… Read More »
Visit: www.frankcornelissen.it Frank Cornelissen recently showcased his 2019 single-vineyard wines in London, a culmination of 22 years of intense research, discussion and refinement. He also introduced a new concoction: Perpetuum. According to Frank, this new addition is a result of his continued pursuit of precision and representation of the local terroir. Frank revealed that the… Read More »
Charlie Broder on the outstanding Italian-focused wine program at Terzo in Minneapolis. By The World of Fine Wine Team With entries now open for the 2024 World’s Best Wine Lists awards, we asked some of the 2023 winners about their approach to building an award-winning list. This week, Charlie Broder, director of operations at Broders’… Read More »
Château Angélus, a prominent St-Emilion estate, has unveiled an exceptional bottle design for its 2022 vintage to herald a ‘new era’ for the estate. The design boasts 20 carat gold and mother-of-pearl inlays. A decade following its previous ‘black and gold’ bottle, Angélus revealed that the new limited-edition bottle stands as a ‘fitting showcase’ for… Read More »
A chronologically expansive tasting studded with remarkable, complex wines. By Richard Mayson A style of wood-aged Port that has always been prized in Portugal, Colheita is at last earning the respect it deserves in the rest of the world, says Richard Mayson, after a tasting shared with Simon Field MW and Andrew Jefford. For scores… Read More »
Seppeltsfield, founded in the Barossa in 1851 and boasting an uninterrupted heritage of stored single vintage tawny since 1878, has been open about its goal to market its century-old wines for the emerging luxury market. The alliance with Riedel represents the most recent in a number of initiatives to bring renewed awareness to its unique… Read More »
This was my first time in Etna. It’s a remarkable place: a wine region in the shadow of Europe’s largest volcano, and one that is still very much active. The volcano dominates the place: wherever you are, you sense it; you are aware of it. People here are in touch with the value of life,… Read More »
Website: http://www.casademouraz.com/en/ Back in 2000, Sara Dionísio and António Ribeiro left their jobs in Lisbon to become full-time winegrowers in the Dão region, with a commitment to farm organically. In 2006 they took things a step further, working in biodynamics – one of Portugal’s pioneers of this farming approach. They have vineyards located in several… Read More »
Wojciech Bońkowski became the first Master of Wine from Poland in 2023, in addition to having many other titles and credentials like a PhD in musicology. Bońkowski’s journey as a wine writer started in 1999, and by 2012, he chose to make it his full-time career with the introduction of his online wine magazine, Winicjatywa… Read More »
How can winegrowers hope to maintain stylistic continuity as the climate crisis deepens? By David Schildknecht David Schildknecht contemplates the numerous methods available to winegrowers struggling with the substantial shifts and obstacles brought about by climate change, discovering that many of the practical lessons obtained have widespread relevance beyond the vineyard. Handling climate disruption is… Read More »