Reading Time: Today is a sad day for the wine world... The man, the myth, the legend Steven Spurrier has left us. He's a long-time merchant, wine writer, educator, and subject of a Hollywood film. His 'Judgement of Paris' tasting in 1976 put Californian wine on the map. It's no
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Why You Smell What You Smell: Understanding Wine Aroma with Richard Pfister
Reading Time: Grape is one of the oldest and most important horticultural crops. Grape has also long been of cultural and scientific interest. However, it is only in recent decades that researchers have begun to elucidate the genetic mechanisms behind the biosynthesis and metabolism of volatile compounds in grape. These
Samsara: New Beginnings With Winemaker Matt Brady
Reading Time: Samsara Wine Co. is one of our favorite producers in Santa Barbara County. Upon first visitng the tasting room in Los Olivos, we (especially Charine) were hooked. When Charine loves a wine, she knows it after the first sip. When we wrote our book Sipping Santa Barbara: Recommended Wines
Review – New Wine Folly Book: Magnum Edition, The Master Guide
Reading Time: We've been on the road non-stop since May 2015. For over three years, we’ve been traveling full-time around the world, exploring both lesser-known and established wine regions. It's a lot of traveling and a lot of learning; yet, we've barely scratched the surface of this enormous wine world. Since
Six South American Wines to Try
Reading Time: We are thrilled to welcome Exotic Wine Travel's first guest writer: Amanda Barnes. Amanda is an award-winning wine communicator specializing in the wines of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil. In this article, she recommends six wines from South America that exotic wine travelers should seek out. Love, Charine & Matthew Six South American Wines to Try South
Amber Revolution: Orange Wine Now Gets A Voice (And Book)
Reading Time: After writing about the history of orange wine and reviewing them for the last five years, Simon Woolf is finally taking the leap into authorship. Amber Revolution: How the World Learned to Love Orange Wine is a 250-page, full-color book that shares the history of orange wine (sometimes also
How to Promote Wine Tourism and Wines of Lesser Known Regions
Reading Time: On 7 August 2017, we were invited to lead a one-hour panel discussion at Twitter’s #winemktmonday. In this article, we've stitched all our responses together as coherent answers and added defined contexts and examples to them. We choose against sharing the original transcript due to Twitter's 140-character limitation—which
