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What is it like to visit Napa and Sonoma today? Here are some tips from a trip to celebrate our 43rd anniversary there, where we honeymooned. The best restaurant? Hard to beat a sandwich a local bottle of wine on a picnic. Our latest column at grapecollective.com!
https://bit.ly/3EDUFHG Grape Collective
What is it like to visit Napa and Sonoma today? Here are some tips from a trip to celebrate our 43rd anniversary there, where we honeymooned. We also left with one unanswered question: Is mayo and mustard on every sandwich, even for breakfast, a thing in California? Our latest column at grapecollective.com!
https://bit.ly/3EDUFHG Grape Collective Lang & Reed Napa Valley Bruliam Wines Cain Vineyard & Winery Corison Winery Napa Valley Vintners
We celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary with old white wines at the incomparable Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua, N.Y. We have written before
https://bit.ly/3sxd1pb about our long-time love of older white wines, which develop a kind of wise personality that speaks to us. Kittle House has an amazing list of these, some at such reasonable prices that we can afford two (and an Uber) for a special occasion.
We started with 1999 Meursault from François d'Allaines (made when we'd already been married 20 years -- wow). At first, it looked like an orange wine and smelled as we'd expect, of pleasantly bracing oxidized orange peel, almonds and some underlying rich fruit. As the minutes passed, its transformation was amazing: It got lighter, in color and taste, with acidity coming to the fore, like lemon meringue. In time, it eased into a gorgeous, balanced wine (12.5 percent alcohol) that was so fetching we felt we were absorbing it into our very beings. It was the last bottle, the sommelier said.
We ordered a second Meursault, a 1997 Michel Picard Hospices de Beaune, that was a darker orange and smelled heavier, with a nose of sweet potato brown sugar that drips onto the bottom of the oven. We hoped it would lighten up like the first, but it never did. It just seems like an oakier, bigger wine even in its youth, grown into a pretty brawny old-timer. We enjoyed every moment of it.
Old whites are always a risk and you should never order one unless you have some idea what you're getting yourself into. For us, that's part of their appeal, the journey that awaits inside these special bottles, on this night, uniquely for us. They were our entertainment for the night. What a great tasting, great night and great 43 years and counting. Grape Collective
We celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary with old white wines at the incomparable Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua, N.Y. We have written before
https://bit.ly/3sxd1pb about our long-time love of older white wines, which develop a kind of wise personality that speaks to us. Kittle House has an amazing list of these, some at such reasonable prices that we can afford two (and an Uber) for a special occasion.
We started with 1999 Meursault from François d'Allaines (made when we'd already been married 20 years -- wow). At first, it looked like an orange wine and smelled as we'd expect, of pleasantly bracing oxidized orange peel, almonds and some underlying rich fruit. As the minutes passed, its transformation was amazing: It got lighter, in color and taste, with acidity coming to the fore, like lemon meringue. In time, it eased into a gorgeous, balanced wine (12.5 percent alcohol) that was so fetching we felt we were absorbing it into our very beings. It was the last bottle, the sommelier said.
We ordered a second Meursault, a 1997 Michel Picard Hospices de Beaune, that was a darker orange and smelled heavier, with a nose of sweet potato brown sugar that drips onto the bottom of the oven. We hoped it would lighten up like the first, but it never did. It just seems like an oakier, bigger wine even in its youth, grown into a pretty brawny old-timer. We enjoyed every moment of it.
Old whites are always a risk and you should never order one unless you have some idea what you're getting yourself into. For us, that's part of their appeal, the journey that awaits inside these special bottles, on this night, uniquely for us. They were our entertainment for the night. What a great tasting, great night and great 43 years and counting. Grape Collective
"Sometimes you just fall in love with a wine, right? If it’s a magnum and it’s a Burgundy, that helps, but we’d guess most wine lovers remember a bottle – or two, or three – that they simply fell for, regardless of price or pedigree. That happened to us recently and here’s the story, which, like any good love story, has some angst in the middle but ultimately a happy ending." Our new column at grapecollective.com.
https://bit.ly/3LSfHEY Grape Collective Bouchard Père & Fils
We tasted a white Burgundy and it touched us so deeply that we bought a magnum the next day. How did that work out for us? Our latest column at grapecollective.com!
https://bit.ly/3LSfHEY Grape Collective Bouchard Père & Fils
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Hai già guardato le video presentazioni di alcuni dei giudici? Quest'anno tra gli oltre 70 giudici della giuria internazionale ci saranno 14 Panel Chairs. Qual è il loro ruolo?
I Panel Chairs decretano il punteggio dei vini dopo una attenta discussione con i propri colleghi del panel. Nel caso in cui i vini siano candidati per un punteggio di 90 o superiore, i Panel Chairs passeranno il testimone ai General Chairs, che proseguiranno nella valutazione.
I Panel Chairs di questa edizione sono: Sarah Abbott MW, Hayley Black IWE, Richard Kershaw MW, Christophe Heynen MW, Henry Davar IWE, Niklas Bergqvist IWE, Brandon Tebbe MS, Michael Garner, Stephen Brook, Yannick Benjamin, Christopher Barnes, Pietro Russo, Andrea Lonardi, Massimiliano Apollonio.
Per ulteriori dettagli in merito ai giudici della selezione, puoi consultare questa pagina del nostro sito:
https://loom.ly/y-iEDtY
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Have you already watched the video presentations of some of the judges? This year, among more than 70 judges, there will be 14 Panel Chairs. What is their role?
The Panel Chairs decree the score of the wines after a careful discussion with their colleagues in the panel. The Panel Chairs will decide whether or not wines could be candidates for a score of 90 or higher, and then pass the evaluation to the General Chairs, who will continue with the evaluation.
The Panel Chairs of this edition are Sarah Abbott MW, Hayley Black IWE, Richard Kershaw MW, Christophe Heynen MW, Henry Davar IWE, Niklas Bergqvist IWE, Brandon Tebbe MS, Michael Garner, Stephen Brook, Yannick Benjamin, Christopher Barnes, Pietro Russo, Andrea Lonardi, Massimiliano Apollonio.
For further details on the judges of the selection, you can consult this page of our website:
https://loom.ly/y-iEDtY
Sarah Abbott Hayley Black Christophe Heynen MW Niklas Bergqvist Brandon Tebbe Yannick Benjamin Grape Collective Andrea Lonardi Massimiliano Apollonio
Nella la sua intervista con noi durante wine2wine Business Forum 2021, Christopher Barnes, fondatore di Grape Collective, ha raccomandato a tutte le aziende di considerarsi "editori" quando si tratta di presentarsi online. Ti interessa sapere quanto i contenuti influenzano le decisioni di acquisto sul web? Nessun problema! Fino al 31 dicembre potrai vedere la sessione di Christopher Barnes su Swapcard acquistando un biglietto!
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During his interview with us during wine2wine Business Forum 2021, Christopher Barnes, founder of Grape Collective, recommended all businesses to think of themselves as publishers when it comes to presenting themselves online. Are you interested in knowing how much content influences online purchasing decisions? No problem! Until December 31st, you will be able to check out Christopher Barnes's session on Swapcard by purchasing a ticket!
This is an extraordinary Rhône-style wine. It is from Israel and it is kosher. The second photograph is of the owner-winemaker, Eli Ben-Zaken, 77, trying to save his vineyards and home. He has seen it all over the past months: fire, heat, war, climate change and Covid. How can he -- how can any winemaker these days -- remain hopeful? Our latest column at grapecollective.com.
https://bit.ly/2Wrm3XS Grape Collective Domaine du Castel יקב קסטל Royal Wine Corp. Château Malartic-Lagravière - Grand Cru Classé de Graves
Most people who love wine want to learn more about it. But it can be confusing. Vintages, varietals, appellation laws—even describing what wine tastes like needs to be learned. And for wine professionals and educators, having the right qualifications and in-depth wine knowledge can make or break the landing of that dream job.
Vinitaly International Academy (VIA), a top-level Italian wine education program, is gearing up for its next USA edition September 13-15 in Boston, Houston and Seattle. Since VIA’s founding in 2015, 274 students, out of nearly 900 candidates, have passed the course, with 259 gaining the Italian Wine Ambassador title and 15 achieving Italian Wine Expert status.
Read the full write up by Read the full write up by Lisa Denning for Grape Collective here:
https://grapecollective.com/articles/vias-growing-number-of-ambassadors-are-spreading-the-gospel-of-italian-wine?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_3168de1c58fcb181958a88c86fa81a5d1ef0e60a-1628739632-0-gqNtZGzNAnijcnBszQe6
Apply now for the upcoming VIA USA edition:
https://vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/via-usa-hybrid-edition-2021/
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