Back in November (whatever, STFU, I’ve got a toddler!), I was fortunate enough to take part in a lovely little media jaunt to Italy’s far northeastern corner, to the small (5k square miles or so) region of Collio within Friuli Venezia Giulia. For the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting the, well, highlights from that…
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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for May 22, 2023
🤘🤘 UP THE IRONS!!! 🤘🤘Join Me (and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson) In Portugal For Wine Future 2023
🤘🤘 COME ON, YOU IRONS!!! 🤘🤘 I am beyond thrilled to tell you that I am once again joining forces with the team behind the Wine Future conference! Not just because Wine Future 2023 (held November 7-9 and themed “Breaking Down Barriers”) will be touching on topics near and dear to my wine industry lovin’…
Copping a Taste for the Mature (Thoughts on a Kopke Port Masterclass)
There are benefits to being the oldest Port house. And Kopke winemaker Carla Tiago seems (as per a recent virtual tasting of Kopke’s not-so-recent wines) to revel in at least one of them. Kopke was founded in 1638, and so is technically the oldest Port wine company (pretty much before Port as the regulation-heavy entity…