Category: General
May
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2024 North Coast Wine Challenge ‘Best of the Best’ award goes to Trentadue La Storia red blend
Written by: SARAH DOYLE | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | April 3, 2024 A Sonoma County red wine beat out 1,093 other entries to win Best of the Best. An Italian-inspired red blend from Alexander Valley took top honors at the 12th annual North Coast Wine Challenge when Trentadue’s 2021 La Storia Cuveé 32 was named Best of […]
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May
30
A Brief Encounter with Kyle MacLachlan
By: Rodrigo DeMedeiros | 425 Magazine March 4, 2024 At Snoqualmie’s Salish Lodge the morning after Twin Peaks Day (Feb. 24), a line of fans of the cult classic series took up the whole length of the lounge next to the main entrance. The place buzzed with quiet anticipation for a meet and greet with […]
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May
30
BevAlc Insights’ 2024 Prosecco Forecast
Written by: BevAlc Insights Team, February 20, 2024 In recent years, sparkling wine has broken free from its chains as consumers embrace bubbly options beyond celebratory occasions like weddings and New Year’s Eve. But no category has experienced anything near the meteoric rise of Prosecco. In 2023, Prosecco accounted for 25 percent of the Champagne […]
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May
30
The 15 Best Boxed Wines for 2024
Written by: KEITH BEAVERS for VinePair | Photography: GABRIELLE JOHNSON | FEBRUARY 7, 2024 We’re in our boxed wine era and it feels great. From the “goon bags” of Australia to “slap-the-bag” juice from college, this wine-drinking format has come a long way. We’ve been watching this category for some time now, and it only continues […]
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May
30
As Hollywood Strikes, Kyle MacLachlan Goes All In on Wine
Written by: Adam Robb | Wine Enthusiast | August 15, 2023 Last week at a sold-out event held at New York City’s Her Name Was Carmen, the intimate Latin American restaurant hidden halfway between Cipriani Downtown and the Holland Tunnel, flamenco dancers tirelessly pranced around the room. Glasses were filled with Blushing Bear Rosé and […]
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May
30
Prosecco DOC’s Sixth Annual ‘National Prosecco Week’ Records Unprecedented Success
Written by National Prosecco Week | Wine Business NEW YORK, (Aug. 14, 2023) – Following National Prosecco Day on August 13th, the Prosecco DOC Consortium, the entity that oversees the production of the world’s most popular sparkling wine, is excited to reveal the results of the sixth annual National Prosecco Week, which took place from July […]
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May
30
Lost in Abruzzo
Written by: Liza B. Zimmerman | Forbes | July 20, 2023 When I was a kid in college in Italy, we used to drink the big jugs of Trebbiano d’Abruzzo. Remember those giant bottles with the twine on the outside? Yes, the ones the girls used to put candles in afterwards. I can’t imagine that period in […]
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May
30
Montepulciano D’Abruzzo – A New Day
Written by: Tom Tyland | Forbes | July 19, 2023 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo has always been a wine with a good degree of popularity in the marketplace. And why not? It’s got deep color (often bright purple), offers aromas and flavors such as black plum, blackberry and clove, and it’s a wine that can be enjoyed […]
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May
30
Dry Cider 101 – A Celebration of the Fruit-Forward, Complex Category
Written by Molly Allen | July 6, 2023 | Cidercraft Magazine A crisp, dry cider is the ideal summer sipper, and the American Cider Association (ACA) has launched Dry Cider July to celebrate. The monthlong Dry Cider July campaign was initiated by the ACA to showcase all that dry cider can be. Describing a cider as dry certainly doesn’t […]
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May
30
Winemaker Carol Shelton Named Honorary Head Judge at the International Women’s Wine & Spirits Competition
By: Wine Industry Advisor June 15, 2023 June 13, 2023 (Santa Rosa, Calif.) — Esteemed winemaker Carol Shelton has been named Honorary Head Judge for the 2023 Women’s International Wine & Spirits Competition, which takes place June 21-23 in Santa Rosa, Calif. A winemaker since 1978, Shelton is well known in the industry as a maker of world-class […]
