The guys at RedThumb are easy targets. For starters, they’re based in L.A. Also, they print the following on their labels, which they refer to as their standards: ● Made with organic grapes● Native yeast fermentation● Natural farming practices, including organic and dry farming● Minimal preservatives (total sulfites listed on label)● No added sugars● Vegan…
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Once More Around the Burning Horn (Dispatch From Etna)
With this article, I’ll be wrapping up feature coverage of last year’s media jaunt to Sicily’s Etna (you can expect quite a few more mini-reviews, however, from producers not given the feature treatment here). Those features (including write-ups of Torre Mora and Passopisciaro) have been meant as a deeper dive into the current Etna wine…
Big Stairs, Bigger Potential (Visiting Sicily’s Torre Mora)
While Etna’s Torre Mora hasn’t been in modern operation for very long, it’s already off to as good a start as could be hoped. After all, they’re already making the very best rosé in all of Italy. And yeah, I do really mean that. Now part of Italy’s Piccini 1882, the Torre Mora property in…
Wine In The Time of Coronavirus, Part 67: Here’s The Beef (Revisiting Uruguay Wines)
Longtime 1WD readers might remember Uruguay as the place where I met Pincho, a (technically wild) Capybara who was quite selective about who he did and did not let pet him (apparently, Capybara’s purr when they’re happy, by the way, which I can tell from first-hand experience that having an enormous rodent purr while you’re…