Bordeaux 2023:What the Critics Are Saying
For the last 10 years, vintage after vintage, Almaviva vineyard has been quietly, consistently establishing a track record as one of the greatest wine producers in Chile, if not all of the world. And it began the icon wine movement in its homeland establishing a global market through Bordeaux as well as keen wine importers.
The estate, which is a joint venture between Château Mouton Rothschild and Concha y Toro, has been striving for perfection since its launch in 1998. And, with the Almaviva Puente Alto 2017, they’ve achieved it. With such supreme quality and astronomic growth...
Rosé wine, once confined mostly to France, has become a lifestyle. According to WineAccess, one out of every 36 bottles of wine Americans drank in 2017 was a rosé – up from one in 510 in 2015.
The pretty-in-pink movement in America owes much of its success to Whispering Angel. Produced by France’s Chateau d’Esclans, Whispering Angel is credited with starting the international rosé trend, known to release 3.2 million-bottle vintages. It’s also the brand that introduced rosé to American palates, ranked by Nielsen as the No. 1 selling imported French wine.
...It’s getting to the time where you may be thinking about what wines will be on your own wine rack for the Christmas Holidays.
With that in mind, I have hand picked the list below and I can say I have tasted every single one of the wines and each of them deliver on quality and price, with a real mix of value and fine wines amongst them.
I have taken the pricing in most instances off the website (RRP), and created an offer price on them all as well, so as to encourage you to try a little. To get...
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...Restaurants, retailers, and wine shops have been color-classifying wine for years: red, white, and rosé. However, a wine’s color is far more important and far more complex than three simple categories on a supermarket shelf. Observing a wine’s color can be a valuable clue for determining the vintage, asessing the wine’s quality, and (most importantly) kicking butt on a blind tasting challenge.
The Complete Wine Color Chart shows 36 unique color states of red, white, and rosé wines, which are organized by hue and intensity. Use this chart to become familiar with the full color hue spectrum that you can...
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