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Vintage Tastings – A Day at the Tilsons
Day Two for our Tilson weekend was actually at John’s home, a beautiful sanctuary in Montecito, far away from Meghan and Harry lol. When I walked in the front door, I could feel the fine wine energy seeping through the walls and floors. Who’s afraid of seepage? Not me! The day was beautiful, the view […]
Click here to read entire article »Vintage Tastings – A Top Ten for 2023
Last year wines from my cellar were featured at two tastings – one at The San Ysidro Ranch and another at my home which is adjacent in Montecito, California. They were organized by John Kapon from Acker Merrill. His commentary on day one follows. Day two will be in a separate article. Hello and […]
Click here to read entire article »WINE EVENTS WITH WINES FROM MY CELLAR ARRANGED AND ORGANIZED BY ACKER MERRILL
Below is an article from my good friend Chris Danley. I asked him to write about recent wine events that I hosted with wines from my cellar and I did some minor edits and additions. Easily the best wine experience of my life. John asked for a write up and here goes, I’m sure my […]
Click here to read entire article »JOSH JENSEN, FOUNDER OF CALERA WINE COMPANY, HAS PASSED BUT HIS LEGEND WILL LIVE ON FOREVER
It is with great sadness that I recently learned of the passing of Josh Jensen. He and I had our birth year 1944 in common and it was my great privilege to have known him from the time of his founding of Calera Wine Company in 1975. Calera was a pioneer when Josh […]
Click here to read entire article »FREDERICK ESMONIN
I have been buying, tasting and drinking the wines of Frédérick Esmonin for many years. Now the 2019s are here. As usual they are very special and without question they are great wines from a great vintage (to read an earlier article with background commentary on the domaine and tasting notes on the […]
Click here to read entire article »OLD CHAMPAGNE – ONE OF LIFE’S GREAT PLEASURES
There is nothing in the world like Champagne. It is simply phenomenal and has no equal. Yet as good as it is there is one thing that is even better. That is well cellared old Champagne! The transition between young Champagne and old Champagne is simply magical. For Christmas I opened a bottle of […]
Click here to read entire article »TIS THE SEASON!
Yes once again tis the season and the new year is fast approaching. We are blessed to have this wonderful time of the year and it is a time to celebrate and enjoy life. And what better way to celebrate than with Champagne? This year one celebration featured Krug – a rosé and a 1982 […]
Click here to read entire article »BOUCHARD PÉRE ET FILS
Perhaps the biggest story out of Burgundy in recent years is the total transformation of two of the oldest firms in Burgundy. Both Bouchard Père et Fils (founded in 1731) and Remoissenet Père et Fils (founded in 1877) have been transformed from negociant firms purchasing grapes and finished wines to domaines exclusively making wines from […]
Click here to read entire article »CHANIN WINE COMPANY
In 2011 I first tasted Chanin Wine Company wines from 2008 and 2009 as well as some barrel samples of 2010s. In September 2011, my first article on Chanin Wine Company also featured Au Bon Climat and Qupé and was entitled The Holy Trinity of Wineries (to read the article click here). Here is the introduction to […]
Click here to read entire article »GREAT 2018 RED BURGUNDIES FROM DOMAINE ANNE & HERVE SIGAUT
I first tasted the wines from this small domaine in 2017 when I tasted the 2015s which were really lovely (to read that article click here). And now I have tasted the 2018s which are even better. If you love Red Burgundies (and who doesn’t?) these are wines that you do not want to miss! […]
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