Category The Wine Explorers Letter

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Last week, we showed you how winemakers trying to compete on the new global wine market are using techniques that wind up removing…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] A number of you have written in asking for more information about the dirty secrets of the mass market winemaking process. We turn,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Boca Raton, Florida We are traveling this week, so we’ll dispense with the usual essay. The only news to report is that our Italian…

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] “Would you be interested in meeting a beautiful woman with a delicious Barolo?” he asked. How could we say no? Barolo, from the Nebbiolo grape, is one…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Annapolis, MD “We only have the 2014 Brunello but it’s good. We were very selective during the harvest,” said the young Italian man. “Mmm,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ border_style_all=”none” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] This week finds the wine team in “fair Verona,” wandering its maze of cobbled streets to find the best wines in Italy. In the streets of Verona No…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Washington, DC  Back in the US for a brief pit stop before heading to Verona. But right now, we’d like to pick your brain…