The Post-Recessionary Wine Market is Here

Wine, or at least the high end of the wine market, finds itself in a post-recessionary phase. This is the only message one could take from the ShipCompliant/Wines & Vines presentation given yesterday at the ShipCompliant Direct Shipping Seminar and...

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Private Tasting: Vineyard-Designated Washington Cabernet Sauvignon

As we have said many times before, Washington State produces world-class Cabernet Sauvignon and delivers excellent bang-for-your-buck as compared to other top Cabernet regions around the world. Recently, we had what turned out to be a showdown between two vineyard-designated Washington Cabernet Sauvignons in one of our double blind private tasting dinners. We had two [...]

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?Petrol? is a flaw in young Riesling: Olivier Humbrecht

The petrol note sometimes found in young Riesling is a flaw according to Olivier Humbrecht. And we lack a better vocabulary for the petrol note that many Riesling aficionados cherish in older bottles. The winemaker at Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace who makes 40 different wines a year commented in New York last week that the petrol [...]

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Florida Jim Cowan?s 2011 Tasting Notes Archive-Part One

The 2011 archive is presented by date the notes were compiled and submitted. Prior year’s tasting notes may be found here April 24, 2011 2001 F.X. Pichler, Riesling M: 13% alcohol; this wine has shed the fat and viscosity of its youth to become both more balanced and less powerful. Clean scents of fruit and [...]

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Announcing WBW 71: Rhones Not From The Rhône

The theme for WBW 71 is, "Rhones Not From The Rhône." Pick any wine made from a variety best known in The Rhône but not made in that famous French region. It doesn't matter if the wine is white, pink or red; still, sparkling or fortified. Whatever you choose just needs to be made from primarily a Rhone grape and come from a region not in France.

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Access Granted

Last week’s Access Zone activities at the 2011 London International Wine Fair (LIWF) were not only great fun and a way to spread the word about social media in wine, but they seemed to strike a chord with the wine trade present. Gabriella, Ryan and I were very pleased with the buzz around the fair [...]

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