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Vinepair: Hungary’s Sweet ‘Wine of Kings’ is Getting a Crisp, 21st-Century Makeover – Featuring Royal Tokaji
Vinepair: Hungary’s Sweet ‘Wine of Kings’ is Getting a Crisp, 21st-Century Makeover – Featuring Royal Tokaji
Royal Tokaji and Hungary's Tokaj region are known throughout the wine-world for world-class sweet Aszú wines. In his recent Vinepair article, Tim McKirdy is taking a look at the lesser-known dry Tokaji that is currently surging in popularity. A few of our favorite quotes are below, but this article is a very in depth look at the subject and we highly suggest you head over to vinepair.com for a deeper look. "...dry Tokaji, too, has firm roots in local tradition. Dating back to the 1700s, vinum ordinárium, or ordinary wine (a reference to its production technique, rather than quality), was a favorite...
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Food & Wine: 4 Must-Visit Winemakers of Barolo and Barbaresco – Featuring Elvio Cogno
Food & Wine: 4 Must-Visit Winemakers of Barolo and Barbaresco – Featuring Elvio Cogno
Food & Wine's Ethan Fixell highlights "four wineries not only represent some of the best Piedmont has to offer—they also help illustrate the greatest differences between Barolo and Barbaresco, and the range of unique qualities one can find within each..." and we're excited that Elvio Cogno is representing Barolo! "In 1964, Marcarini winemaker Elvio Cogno produced one of the first cru Barolos, from the Brunate vineyard. In 1990, he would break away and found his own namesake winery in the famed Ravera cru, focusing on single vineyard and single clone wines—a unique approach in the region. Today, by planting each of their individual vineyards with one...
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Forbes: Tajarin: Piedmont Wine Producers Talk About This Essential Pasta – Featuring Elvio Cogno
Forbes: Tajarin: Piedmont Wine Producers Talk About This Essential Pasta – Featuring Elvio Cogno
Tom Hyland takes a look at the traditional Tajarin pasta along with the help of some of the regions top names in wine including Elvio Cogno's Nadia Cogno Fissore. "Tajarin, Piemontese dialect for tagliolini, is a thin, handmade pasta that has been famous for centuries in the region, as mothers have passed down their recipes to their children. While there are variations, the classic tajarin is made from 30 egg yolks (I have to cheat on my diet for a few days when I'm in the region), and is topped with a number of sauces and meats, ranging from veal...
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Town & Country: The 19 Best Wines to Serve at Thanksgiving – featuring Schramsberg and Elvio Cogno
Town & Country: The 19 Best Wines to Serve at Thanksgiving – featuring Schramsberg and Elvio Cogno
Town & Country's Lauran Hubbard highlights her "19 Best Wines to Serve at Thanksgiving" with a nod to the Schramsberg Reserve Brut 2006 and Elvio Cogno Ravera Barolo 2013 (chosen by Master Sommelier Brahmn Callahan). Schramsberg Reserve Brut 2006 "Schramsberg has some of the oldest caves in Napa Valley, and its sparkling wines have been served at the White House for 46 years. The aged Reserve is the winery's top pinot noir-focused brut, and it pairs nicely with the full range of Thanksgiving fare including turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and cranberries." ...Learn more Elvio Cogno Ravera Barolo 2013 "This elegant nebbiolo...
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Town & Country: The Best Champagne and Sparkling Wines for Mimosas – Featuring Bisol and Schramsberg
Town & Country: The Best Champagne and Sparkling Wines for Mimosas – Featuring Bisol and Schramsberg
Town and Country's Sam Dangremond and Lauren Hubbard are recommending 10 of their favorite sparkling wines for the classic brunch cocktail. Bisol and Schramsberg are prominently featured! Bisol Valdobbiandene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Crede "Don't waste champagne on mimosas," says Steven McDonald, wine director at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse Houston Galleria. "Use a high-quality cava or prosecco like Naveran Cava or Bisol Prosecco. The orange juice will cover up the nuance of the sparkling wine, but you'll be grateful for not choosing something that's going to cause a headache later in the afternoon." Schramsberg Mirabelle Brut "For American sparkling wine, it doesn't...
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Wine Spectator: Firmly Planted: 3 Decades of a Timeless Biondi-Santi Brunello
Wine Spectator: Firmly Planted: 3 Decades of a Timeless Biondi-Santi Brunello
[caption id="attachment_54256" align="aligncenter" width="560"] Photo by Rick Wenner[/caption] Tancredi Biondi-Santi, 7th generation family member at this historic property sat down with Wine Spectator's Bruce Sanderson and around 1,000 Brunello fans at the recent New York Wine Experience for a master class in Brunello and a tasting of select vintages dating back to 1983. Read a few key passages from Wine Spectator below: "One family. One estate. One clone of Sangiovese. Fermentation with native yeasts, 36 months of aging in Slavonion oak casks, two years of aging in bottle. “Every riserva is vinified in the same way,” said seventh-generation family member Tancredi Biondi...
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James Suckling: Top of the World: The Consistently Stunning Kumeu River Chardonnays
James Suckling: Top of the World: The Consistently Stunning Kumeu River Chardonnays
The eye-opening results of last months vertical tasting of all vintages of the Kumeu River Chardonnays dating back to 2006 continues this week with a report from James Suckling where he calls the event "a remarkable demonstration of the consistent high quality and striking cool-climate style of this producer. That Kumeu River produces some of the world’s best chardonnays won’t come as a surprise to their loyal followers around the world..." Suckling rates a total of 48 wines from this event, all of which rate above 90 points, many above 95 points and some even reaching 97 and 98 points....
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Opening a Bottle: Essential Winemakers of Italy – Buglioni
Opening a Bottle: Essential Winemakers of Italy – Buglioni
View this post on Instagram My kind of #Valpolicella can best be summed up by these wines from @buglioniwines. The Buglioni family shifted from textiles to wine nearly 20 years ago, and when they felt they weren’t being taken seriously enough, they turned to the city of Verona and opened a wine bar and restaurant to showcase their wines. It was a stroke of genius, because the Veronese pounded the door down to get in. Three restaurants and a winery inn later, they have proven their doubters wrong. The focus with these wines is to be food friendly,...
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Forbes: The Glorious Burgundies of Olivier Bernstein
Forbes: The Glorious Burgundies of Olivier Bernstein
Click here to read the full article at Forbes / Author: Tom Hyland "It's really all about the viticulture - the choices you make in the vineyard." - Olivier Bernstein Olivier Bernstein, 52, is the proprietor of Domaine Olivier Bernstein in Beaune. He currently produces 10 wines from Burgundy: 7 Grand Cru and 3 Premier Cru. I recently sat down with him in Chicago, and asked him about his work over the years and what his philosophy is. I was also able to taste several of his current 2016 Burgundies. Tell me a little about your experience as a vintner...
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Jancis Robinson: Kumeu River Chardonnay vertical bonanza
Jancis Robinson: Kumeu River Chardonnay vertical bonanza
"...the blue-chip US importer Wilson Daniels picked up Kumeu River as long ago as 1988." In an October 10th post Jancis Robinson reports on the impressive results of her recent vertical tasting of Kumeu River Chardonnay's ranging from 2006 through 2017. Below are a few key excerpts and you can view the aritcle in it's entirety via this link. "Do we need white burgundy? This thought went through my head at the end of an amazing, and impressively consistent, tasting of 48 Chardonnays from Kumeu River in New Zealand last month. Do we need white burgundy? This thought went through...
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