The first South African wines we tasted came shortly after the fall of apartheid. Even then, the potential was obvious—ancient soils, a Mediterranean climate, high elevations, and a wealth of old ...
Step off the beaten path and into the heart of Central Europe’s most compelling wine regions. In this class, we’ll dive deep into the wines of Austria, Switzerland, and Germany—three countries ...
Refrehing, complex, and utterly cool: sophisticated wine drinkers have discovered the wide expanse of white wines. From texturally lush whites of the Rhone Valley to the austere wines of the Mosel. ...
Uncover the Wines That Time Forgot The vines came first. Long before Chile was a republic, grapes were growing here. Some of those ancient vines still are, untouched by rootstock or ...
All hail the forgotten gods of wine—entombed beneath the dust of the Outback, buried under supermarket critter labels, and banished from American shelves by the unholy rise of mass-market kangaroo juice. ...
Want to discover the grandi classici del vino Italiano and explore the viticultural gems in the mezzogiorno? This wine class will give you a fantastic overview of Italian wine. The American love affair with Italian wines ...
Our Judgement of Paris wine class pits two favorite wine countries in an epic battle of uncorked fury. Our series of VERSUS classes are hugely popular, and this is one of ...
Great wines. Zero ego. Welcome to the other California. Everyone knows Napa. Fewer know its older, scrappier, and arguably more interesting sibling just over the Mayacamas: Sonoma. While Napa has long ...
New Zealand shouldn’t make wine this good. It’s a speck of islands at the far edge of the Pacific, where sheep once outnumbered people twenty to one. Yet from this improbable ...
From the vineyards of Israel’s Judean Hills, where wine was first blessed in ancient covenant, to Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the papal stronghold of France, from Georgia, the cradle of winemaking itself, to Spain’s Priorat, the Stairway to ...