Wine Sediments

I have just finished getting the last e-mails of the kind I don’t want to get anymore. They went like this:
Dear Italian Wine Guy,
Thanks for setting us up at Castello di Greatness. Got delayed at the Prada outlet and never made it. I never realized that Piedmont was so far away from Tuscany. Thanks. We’ll look […]

Tuscany or Tian Shan?
I’ve been talking with Jennifer Hong, who is making wine in this moment, in the foothills of the Tian Shan mountain range in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Ms. Hong commutes between there and her home in San Francisco. The winery is a joint Chinese-American wine project called China Silk Wines. While she is […]

Although cabernet sauvignon certainly comes to mind as one of France’s major grape varieties, it actually only takes fifth place, occupying approximately 50,000 hectares. It is, famously, the dominant grape in Médoc wines, where it can make up 80% of a “Cru classé.”
Cabernet sauvignon is also widely used in the South-West, especially in Bergerac […]

A big question for wine lovers in France and, indeed, all over the world, is whether a bottle is ready to drink, or ‘prête à boire’. Since wine changes with age, some excellent wines may be barely palatable if drunk too young. On the other hand, wait too long and you may find your wine […]

In the “you learn something new every day” category, did you know that while Champagne is sparkling wine, not all sparkling wine is Champagne? So what makes Champagne Champagne? It has to be made with specific grapes from the Champagne region of Northern France. Thirsty for more? Check out this web site for all you’ll […]