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Unraveling the Enigma of Wine! 🍷Maturing wines is no easy feat, as only a chosen few undergo an elegant transformation with time. It's crucial to bear in mind that a 50-year-old bottle doesn't qualify as an 'archive' wine unless it has been flawlessly preserved, often within the official vaults of the winery. Attempting to age an ordinary, everyday wine serves little purpose. Only a relatively small selection of wines boasts the potential for a noteworthy aging process. Consequently, only a handful of wines will authentically evolve in bottles over time. The question remains: Do you opt to store your wines in the cellar or uncork them right after the journey? #writetous #winevocabulary #WineAgingSecrets #CellaringConundrum #WineraPerspectives #UncorkOrCellar

Though winemaking in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe dates back to 1683, most vines were abandoned or torn out by war, and by 1997, only 10 had survived. Today, the region is comprised of nearly 200 wineries, making up 90% of Mexico’s wine. So who is responsible for the region’s recent growth? As SevenFifty Daily reports, “Pedro Poncelis Raygoza, the founder of Vinícola Punto y Aparte, believes the identity of Valle de Guadalupe is in the hands of the next generation of winemakers.” Raygoza, once named the best sommelier in Mexico by the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale, may have a point. In recent years, we have seen second- and third-generation vintners transforming their family vineyards and producing innovative wines that excite today’s wine consumers. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eetyuZ5Z 📷: SevenFifty Daily

In this piece for Business Insider, I share the five best states in the US for wine tasting.  Believe it or not, all 50 states grow grapes — even in cold and snowy places like Alaska and Vermont and tropical spots like Florida and Hawaii. I'm a certified sommelier (as you know), and there are five states I always recommend if you're looking for the best wine, wineries, and wine-tasting experiences. https://lnkd.in/gZ-HzskK

Interesting Pinot Noir tasting It's been a while, but the time had finally come. This time we decided to organize a tasting around Pinot Noir from various interesting regions. Pinot Noir is a versatile, generally cool-climate grape that can often give a good expression of the terroir. Naturally, Pinot Noir is queen in Burgundy, where we can find the very best wines. Martin Schwarz – Spätburgunder-Portugieser 2017 The small region of Saxony is located in deep Germany. Here we find the Martin Schwarz vineyard with 6 hectares of vineyards on the steep slopes along the Saxon Wine Route. Wine management here is completely manual, partly because of the steep slopes. Bernard Rion Beaune 2020 It was in 1896 that the history of Domaine Armelle and Bernard Rion began. It was founded in Vosne Romanée and since then the know-how has been passed on from generation to generation. The 3rd generation of winemakers has now taken over and they are working the 9.5 hectares of vines in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. https://lnkd.in/eCDF7kBP

The Endless Pursuit of Perfection in Winemaking   For every idyllic moment you see of Team Di Costanzo amongst the vines or working in the winery, there are countless others filled with uncertainty and the nagging feeling we could have done better with a particular wine.   ❓But do you want to know the frustrating, shake-your-head-and-quietly-laugh-to-yourself thing about that?   ☑️ It means we're doing it right.   The best winemakers we know, the women and men whose work we admire so much, are all the same. We are never satisfied with our work.   There's never a sense of being done, or having nailed a vintage or even one particular wine. Even many years after those grapes were picked and crushed into wine, often we still question what we might have done to make that wine better.   It's downright torture! A relentless journey without a final destination. 🤪   While we don't revel in this torment, understand that when you buy from an independent, winemaker-owned winery like ours, you're tasting the fruits of our unwavering determination to improve constantly. It's a lifelong pursuit of perfection in every bottle.

Understanding the cost of production is key for wineries to ensure long-term success. By analyzing the costs involved in each step of the winemaking process, wineries can make informed decisions to improve efficiency and profitability. Read more about it here #WinerySuccess #costaccounting

The best of the best from Redman Wines, The Redman is a blend of Cabernet and Shiraz (70/30). An old school style, this is worth getting around if you prefer traditional winemaking. Proven to develop with age, this is a keeper. https://buff.ly/3WyenPI

When the owner of a winery is referred to as 'The Dirtman,' there's a good chance he has a deep relationship with the land, as is the case with rob gibson, founder, viticulturist, geologist, and winemaker of Gibson Wines 🍷 in Australia's Barossa Valley. Gibson Wines was awarded the best varietal at the London Wine Competition for its Reserve Shiraz 2019, scoring an impressive 95 points – the first time the winery had entered the London Wine Competition. 😍 On a five-acre property in Light Pass, North Barossa, the vineyard produces Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Fiano at an elevation of 280 metres above sea. They also own Burke's Hill, an old vineyard in Eden Valley that is planted with Shiraz and Riesling. Rob explains what impact winning the award meant 👉 : “Receiving the news that our little winery in the Northern reaches of the Barossa has taken out the Best Shiraz/Syrah of show is incredibly humbling,” said Gibson. He adds: “South Australia, and particularly the Barossa, is home to some of the world’s most renowned Shiraz expressions, so there is an immediate sense of fulfillment when judged as a standout from within our own viticultural neighborhood. Add to that the international benchmarking that comes from competition with global wine region representation, and it’s even sweeter.” Gibson believes that the London Wine Competition is unique among global wine events in that it judges not just the quality of the wine, but also its value for money, packaging, and quality, making it an even more impressive accolade. “The combined criteria of quality, value and packaging criteria that the London Wine Competition employs to determine award winners really do frame the assessment of wines through a real-life consumer perspective. That’s a really interesting way to approach wine assessment.” London Competitions 🤝 Gibson Wines 🍷 #winebusiness #wines #barossavalley #successstory #wineindustry #gibson Gibson Wines | Chad Elson | Carol Moore | Mat Lewis | adam Fiegert | Kate Wilsdon | adam fiegert | Deb Hartigan | London Drinks Guide

"Blue-chip California bottles will frequently command three, four or five-digit sums on the secondary market...To fully consider the state of California collectibles, we gathered secondary-market data on dozens of wines to deduce the most iconic California bottlings today." Kate Dingwall and Jim Gordon writing for Wine Enthusiast on the top 10 California wines to collect right now - read the full article here: https://hubs.li/Q02K2Crj0

𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙪𝙬𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣- Celebrating 41 years of the art of wine blending Entries for the Annual Blaauwklippen Blending Competition are open, this year celebrating 41 years of the art of wine blending. Open to all aspiring winemakers this competition is there to encourage wine enthusiasts to create a winning blend. “Blends are a much-loved category of red wine, with so many possibilities and variations in character and style. This competition allows wine lovers to get hands-on experience in blending – a combination of science and art that captures the strengths of each varietal to create a wine that is greater than the sum of its parts,” says Narina Cloete, winemaker at Blaauwklippen. For this year’s competition, the challenge is to create a serious Bordeaux style blend with components from a very challenging 2023 vintage. Blenders will receive 4 wines (1 x Cabernet franc, 1 x Malbec, 1 x Merlot, 1 x Petit Verdot) and all 4 components must be used in the final blend. A maximum 65 % of each Cultivar may be used and a minimum of 5% of each component must be included in the blend. Entries are made up in the Blaauwklippen cellar according to each team’s formula and tasted blind by the judging panel which consists of some of the nation’s most astute wine personalities, along with Narina. In addition to the trophy, the winning club earns recognition on the label of a limited-edition magnum release of their blend bottled and sold by Blaauwklippen. To enter a blending kit can be purchased online and recipes to be submitted as per the stipulated dates. Visit https://lnkd.in/e8HygqVS.   Important dates to diarise:  1 April  :              Entries open 30 April :              Entries close 15 May :              Blending kits will be dispatched. 31 July  :              Deadline for recipes. August :              Judging 6 September     :              Awards luncheon Pippa Pringle @blaauklippen #capellilavita #blaauklippen #wine #wineblending #stellenbosch