Archive for the ‘Consider This Wine’ Category
Last week many of us read about the sale over in London of an extraordinary collection of wine: A 135-Bottle Vertical Collection of Chateau d’Yquem ranging from 1860 to 2003. First off, if you don’t salivate at the very thought of obtaining such a collection of wine then, well, then I question your status as even a semi-wine geek. Steve Bachmann over at The Wine Collector Blog, a member of the board of directors of the society for wine geeks,…
I was thinking about naming this post "The Difference Between Forbes and BusinessWeek." But after thinking about it, I don’t think that makes sense. The readers of both Forbes and BusinessWeek articles probably belong in a similar demographic. So, let’s call it…"Covering Your Bases on All Fronts". Nick Passmore has certainly done this. For Forbes.com Passmore penned "The Most Expensive Champagnes of 2006," an interesting piece on the prestige Champagnes that will set you back upwards of $750 per bottle….
I love sparkling wine. If it weren’t intoxicating, I’d keep a mug of it on my desk while I worked. Folks are beginning to think about their annual foray into the world of sparkling wine as New Year’s Eve approaches and it’s for this reason that Charles Olken has written what must surely be an annual column for him as well as other writers about the various sparkling wines on the market. Olken, the publisher of Connoisseurs Guide to CA…
Regular readers of Fermentation will know that I’ve enjoyed following the exploits of Amy and Matt, the proprietors of Domaine de la Grameire. I get to do this via their fine blog. Amy and Matt basically bought a vineyard in the town of Saint Quentin la Poterie in the Rhone Valley, set up shop, and went about making wine they like. A dream for many of us. They’ve been working hard and from the looks of things having a good…
Jack at Fork & Bottle tipped me off to this very interesting tidbit at Dr. Vino’s Blog (leave it to the good Doctor to find the really magical and fascinating things about the wine industry). Apparently Gallo is marketing a wine in Europe, Asia and Canada that appears to come from the "Sierra Valley" appellation here in California. What’s really cool is that Gallo is the first winery in America (the world?) to actually get the trademark for a specific…
