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Vega Sicilia

Vega Sicilia

It’s a wine that makes sommeliers swoon and collectors drool. Limited production and high demand make their wines hard to find and highly collectible. They are often compared to Bordeaux...

Vega Sicilia

It’s a wine that makes sommeliers swoon and collectors drool. Limited production and high demand make their wines hard to find and highly collectible. They are often compared to Bordeaux...

The Golden Age of Pacific Northwest Wines?

The Golden Age of Pacific Northwest Wines?

While California remains the powerhouse of American wine production, its landscape is shifting from the mosaic of family-run estates that used to dot the back roads of Napa and Sonoma...

The Golden Age of Pacific Northwest Wines?

While California remains the powerhouse of American wine production, its landscape is shifting from the mosaic of family-run estates that used to dot the back roads of Napa and Sonoma...

The art & evolution of pairing food with wine

The art & evolution of pairing food with wine

While food and wine have a long and synergistic history, the “art” of pairing wine with a specific dish is a more recent practice. Thousands of years ago, and for...

The art & evolution of pairing food with wine

While food and wine have a long and synergistic history, the “art” of pairing wine with a specific dish is a more recent practice. Thousands of years ago, and for...

The Most Disloyal of Grapes

The Most Disloyal of Grapes

The Burgundy region of France is synonymous with Pinot Noir, but that wasn’t always the case. As early as the 11th century, Cistercian monks were cultivating Pinot Noir in Burgundy....

The Most Disloyal of Grapes

The Burgundy region of France is synonymous with Pinot Noir, but that wasn’t always the case. As early as the 11th century, Cistercian monks were cultivating Pinot Noir in Burgundy....

Bordeaux – What's 1855 got to do with it?

Bordeaux – What's 1855 got to do with it?

There are a lot of differences between France’s two most prestigious wine regions, Burgundy and Bordeaux, but the biggest one may be how each region classifies its wines. Burgundy is...

Bordeaux – What's 1855 got to do with it?

There are a lot of differences between France’s two most prestigious wine regions, Burgundy and Bordeaux, but the biggest one may be how each region classifies its wines. Burgundy is...

Augusta Bargilli

Augusta Bargilli

The landscape of Colli Orientali del Friuli (which translates to the Eastern Hills of Friuli) is a breathtaking mosaic of rolling hills, terraced vineyards, and historic villages, nestled in the...

Augusta Bargilli

The landscape of Colli Orientali del Friuli (which translates to the Eastern Hills of Friuli) is a breathtaking mosaic of rolling hills, terraced vineyards, and historic villages, nestled in the...