Wine Word of the Week: Decanting

This week?s Wine Word of the Week is decanting. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Decanting is the optional and controversial step in serving wine, involving pouring wine out of its bottle into another container called a decanter. The most obvious reason for decanting a wine is to separate it from [...]

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Try A Mint Julep to Commemorate an Auspicious Ocassion

The Kentucky Derby, is also known as ?The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.? To mark the auspicious occasion of 35th anniversary of legendary equine athlete Secretariat?s spectacular win at Kentucky Derby 99 in 1973Churchill Downs and Woodford Reserve have created the most expensive mint julep cup of the world. The handmade cups are plated [...]

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Making plans for the wine fairs

There are so many things going on in the next week, it is hard to keep track of everything. Here’s a handy summary and guide of some of the fun wine stuff we at Vrazon (that’s Ryan Opaz, Gabriella Opaz and myself, Robert McIntosh) are involved in. Why not add these to your calendar and [...]

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Napa Valley Travel News Update

A few forward-thinking wineries in the Napa Valley have installed electric car charging stations. Imagine driving up to a winery in your electric car and recharging your car while you recharge your palate with a taste of some of Napa Valley?s famous wines. Continue reading

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Viognier Theme for WBW78

Nice theme for summer. Join us June 20th. Source: WordPress Via: Drink What You Like I?m delighted to announce that I am hosting Wine Blogging Wednesday #78 on Wednesday, June 20th. WBW78 will mark my second time hosting this monthly virtual wine event. Our theme for this month will be a grape that is near [...]

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Who are the RAW Wine Fair?s Natural Consumers?

Our first day at the RAW Fair in London, the artisan wine fair focused on organic, biodynamic and natural wines, was eye-opening in many ways. First, the space at the Truman Brewery at the top of Brick Lane, and its incongruous industrial past, seemed vast and empty when we arrived to see row upon row of [...]

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Why the Chinese are buying Bordeaux chateaus

The other day, when Jeeves brought me the New York Times’ “Great Homes and Destinations” section on a silver platter in my wood-paneled drawing room, I poured a spot of claret and settled into my leather wingback chair to catch up on what’s been going on. Lo and behold the Chinese have been buying properties [...]

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