Wine Discover the World’s Best Pinot Noir: Decanter World Wine Awards Highlights Top Choice Chris Lehoux, July 22, 2024 Domaine Histoire D’enfer, L’enfer Du Calcaire Pinot Noir 2019, Six Pinot Noir wines won Platinum medals at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). The competition is the largest wine competition in the world and is considered among the most prestigious. Over 18,000 wines were entered in the recently completed… Continue Reading
Wine Discover the World’s Best Pinot Noir: Insights from the Decanter World Wine Awards Chris Lehoux, July 21, 2024 Domaine Histoire D’enfer, L’enfer Du Calcaire Pinot Noir 2019, Six Pinot Noir wines won Platinum medals at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). The competition is the largest wine competition in the world and is considered among the most prestigious. Over 18,000 wines were entered in the recently completed… Continue Reading
Wine Top Sparkling Wines of 2024: Our Tried and Tested Favorites Chris Lehoux, July 20, 2024 Best sparkling wine, overall: Best sparkling wine, runner-up: Best budget sparkling wine: Best splurge-worthy sparkling wine: “`html Indulging in a tall glass of chilled sparkling wine can be a blissful experience. Refreshing, refined and crisp all at once, a good bubbly is bound to elevate any meal or celebration. That’s… Continue Reading
Wine Calistoga Hands Over Wine Tasting Room Outdoor Seating Enforcement to State Authorities Chris Lehoux, July 19, 2024 Maria Concetto Winery won’t have to pay $1,800 in fines for pouring wine at its outdoor tables in front of its Calistoga tasting room. But the issue prompting the fines has not been fully resolved. The winery, known for its robotic server, was fined for promoting and serving wine on… Continue Reading
Wine Wine Scholar Guild Revolutionizes Wine Tasting Education Chris Lehoux, July 18, 2024 Preston Mohr, Managing Director, Wine Scholar Guild Like many who move to Paris, Preston Mohr found himself besieged by people asking him for advice on where to eat. At the time, says Mohr, it felt like you had to be part of a secret club to crack the code. Officially… Continue Reading
Wine Beaulieu Vineyard Embarks on Exciting Renovation Journey at Historic Napa Winery Chris Lehoux, July 18, 2024 Corporate owner Treasury Wine Estates will begin a multimillion-dollar project to protect and modernize the original 1885 building in Rutherford where André Tchelistcheff worked. Few Napa wineries have the history of Beaulieu Vineyard. In 1900, Georges de Latour founded the winery when he purchased a four-acre vineyard in Rutherford. His… Continue Reading
Wine How Shared Drinking Habits Can Strengthen Relationships and Promote Longevity Chris Lehoux, July 17, 2024 Study finds that shared alcohol consumption benefits our overall health and longevity For many wine aficionados, sharing a glass or two with someone they love is one of life’s great pleasures. That can be especially true with a spouse or partner. A new study, led by researchers at the University… Continue Reading
Wine Bad Animal: Exploring the Radical, Dionysian Bookshop and Natural-Wine Bar in Santa Cruz Chris Lehoux, July 17, 2024 There are people who like bookshops. Then there is Andrew Sivak, who once used a bookshop — Santa Cruz’s now-shuttered Logos Books & Records — to run an underground and only one-year college he claims had a 100 percent success rate in placing people into graduate schools. Bad Animal’s name… Continue Reading
Wine Sonoma’s Carlisle Winery Bids Farewell: Closing Its Doors Chris Lehoux, July 16, 2024 California’s top name in Zinfandel will cease production with the 2024 harvest The owners of Carlisle, California’s leading producer of quality Zinfandels, will call it quits after the 2024 vintage, Wine Spectator has learned. Co-founders Mike and Kendall Officer informed their wine club members of their decision today. “It was… Continue Reading
Wine Exploring the Essence of Burgundy: An Interview and Tasting Experience at Dufouleur Freres in Nuits-Saint-Georges, France Chris Lehoux, July 16, 2024 This is the first in a series of three articles about wineries in Nuits-Saint-Georges, France visited by the author earlier this year. NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES, FRANCE – Two green street signs stand near a busy intersection on a two-lane road running through this small village. One sign says “BEAUNE” and points south…. Continue Reading