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Napa Off the Grid
Napa Off the Grid
"First-time travelers to Napa Valley often appreciate the apparent simplicity of its infrastructure. Large, well-signed wineries each visit as easy as pulling into a driveway. "But for seasoned visitors, as well as those seeking more authentic experiences closer to Napa's rural roots, there are plenty of ways to get off the main drag. "These experiences are worth savoring for their intimacy, proximity to one-of-a-kind vineyards and rare wine finds. "Hyde de Villaine is unassumingly tucked off a main road in downtown Napa. This partnership between Burgundy legend Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and long-respected Carneros grape-grower Larry...
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Beyond sauvignon blancs in New Zealand
Beyond sauvignon blancs in New Zealand
"...By itself, chardonnay is the ultimate blank slate grape; where and how it grows and who makes it into wine are the styluses that carve personality into it. As Michael Brajkovich, winemaker for Kumeu River Wines, puts it, 'Chardonnay is the only white variety to deliver complexity and texture based on its various terrains.' "New Zealand is a fine classroom in which to learn this lesson. Its chardonnays are often compared to those from another cool climate chardonnay star, Burgundy, but I would submit that they also share that region's range of styles as well. The proportion of New Zealand...
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25th Anniversary Restaurant Poll, Most Popular Port & Dessert Brands
25th Anniversary Restaurant Poll, Most Popular Port & Dessert Brands
Royal Tokaji ranked number 15 in Wine & Spirits Most Popular Port & Dessert brands in the Restaurant Poll Edition.
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25th Anniversary Restaurant Poll, Top 50 Wines
25th Anniversary Restaurant Poll, Top 50 Wines
"To compile the Restaurant Top 50, we asked restaurants to list the ten wines that sold best during the final quarter of 2013. Wineries are ranked by mentions per 100 responses. To break ties, we consider each brand's total points. The average price includes all bottlings that restaurants listed, at the prices they reported. "The Top 50 list also provides a clue to contemporary trends. Four of the top five brands have a significant stake in cabernet, and the sommeliers we talked to indicated that cabernet's popularity surged this year. Veuve Clicquot breaking into the top 20? Somms reported that...
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25th Anniversary Restaurant Poll, Most Popular Sparkling Wine
25th Anniversary Restaurant Poll, Most Popular Sparkling Wine
Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs ranked number 4 in Wine & Spirits Most Popular Sparkling wines in the Restaurant Poll Edition.
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Wind of Change: The 2014 Most Admired Wine Brands
Wind of Change: The 2014 Most Admired Wine Brands
"With four times the respondents as in previous years and many of them willing to discuss the reasons behind their admiration, big sales haven't necessarily converted to big love from the academy. "This year Drinks International's World's Most Admired Wine Brands report has undergone a metamorphosis. The voting is more robust, the number of academy members has quadrupled, the survey has expanded and the results are telling. "The voting academy -- comprising masters of wine, sommeliers, educators, and journalists -- all rose to the occasion in contributing to the poll. "Royal Tokaji Wine Company came in at number 25 in...
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Sweet Life: Tokaji’s Triumphant Return
Sweet Life: Tokaji’s Triumphant Return
t was another bone-chilling winter in Northern Hungary, yet among the winemakers of Tokaj this year, hearts were warm and spirits ebullient. For deep in their cellars, bubbled barrel upon barrel of new wine. The 2013 harvest was glorious. Climatic conditions in autumn proved ideal for noble rot, yielding a bumper crop of aszú berries (shrivelled grapes whose sugars are concentrated to ambrosial levels by sun, wind and the Botrytis cinerea fungus), essential for their inimitable sweet wines – Tokaji Aszú, a nectar redolent of honey, spice and tropical fruits once extolled by France’s Louis XIV as “The Wine...
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The Mystery of Chablis
The Mystery of Chablis
"The mystery of Chablis is hardly a case for Sherlock Holmes, despite the fact that this famous wine from the Burgundy region tastes like no other white wine in the world, including its kissing cousins from the nearby Cote de Beaune. "The village of Chablis, from whence the wine takes its name, is the northernmost wine-growing region in Burgundy. The only French wine-growing regions to the north of Chablis are Champagne and Alsace. This is an important aspect of the taste profile found in Chablis, though hardly the only factor, and perhaps not the most important. "The soils of Chablis,...
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DeVine Wine
DeVine Wine
"Returning from Napa Valley last fall, I reflect on one of the most memorable visits during this week-long sojourn. While I profess to be totally consumed with red wines for most of the year, my visit to the unassuming Hyde de Villaine (HdV) Winery on the fringes of Napa provided me with a perspective of some of the most expressive and stylistic Chardonnays that I have tasted during my career. It was rather peculiar to be touring the rolling hills of Northern California and tasting Chardonnays that are reminiscent of the great whites from the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy....
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The Wines of Elvio Cogno, A Beautiful Expression of Barolo Wine
The Wines of Elvio Cogno, A Beautiful Expression of Barolo Wine
"This past summer I spent four days in Piedmont, the northern Italy wine region famous for Barolo and Barbaresco. I wanted to understand the Nebbiolo grape, and the differences in Barolo and Barbaresco. Going to the place where the vineyards are planted and the wine is made is the best way to learn about this grape that only grows well in the region called the Langhe, a beautiful valley carpeted in vines up and down the gently rolling slopes, punctuated by hilltop villages. "Of my four or five winery visits, my absolute favorite was Elvio Cogno, a small producer whose family...
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