Tasting Notes
Vega Sicilia Único 2010 marries 94 % Tempranillo with 6 % Cabernet after a marathon ten-year oak and bottle ageing. Expect black-cherry, cedar, espresso notes, laser acidity, and decades of cellar life—97-99-point pedigree in scarce supply. Ideal for collectors seeking power and finesse.
Wineries
Screaming Eagle in full: the hidden Oakville estate behind the 1992 99-pointer, record auctions, and the tiny-lot wines that rewrote Napa’s market.
Vinotourism
A lyrical, practical guide to place, practice, and why this Left Bank commune matters The estuary breathes and the vines take note; the tide lifts a quiet chill onto the gravel mounds, and heat stored by day loosens into evening. From a long vantage, I have watched wagons and barrels,
Wine & Food Pairings
A poetic, practical guide to Seña 2018 food pairing—lamb, short ribs, porcini, and pommes Anna—with service tips for temperature, glass, and decant.
Tasting Notes
Quinta do Noval Nacional 2011 is a rare gem of ungrafted Douro vines, offering velvet-dark fruit, sharp spice, and iron‑clad structure. With tiny production, top critic scores, and immense aging potential, it’s as collectible as they come.
Wineries
Some wineries are defined by marketing. Giaconda is defined by myth. Rick Kinzbrunner, the mechanical engineer turned winemaking savant, didn’t set out to create a cult—he set out to make the best Chardonnay in the southern hemisphere. What he achieved is something rarer: a global benchmark that’s
Investment Reports
Bacchus forges a ghostly stallion from Saint-Émilion moonlight, then charges through myth and metrics to show why 100-point Cheval Blanc 2010 is the Right Bank rocket your portfolio craves. A god, a moonlit forge and the birth of a white horse Long ago I wandered the gravel and clay of
Vinotourism
A lyrical, practical guide to terroir, styles, pairings, and aging The river bends and the sun changes its angle; slopes that once watched the west open to the south, and vines take the hint. Along these banks, memory keeps its own ledger—monks tracing rows, a late messenger changing a
Wineries
Let’s call it what it is: Fattoria dei Barbi isn’t just one of the oldest producers in Montalcino—it’s one of the most important. This is the family that helped define Brunello, that survived phylloxera and fascism, that kept bottling through war, and that turned their “blue
Wine & Food Pairings
Pouring the Night I tilt the bottle and the glass answers with night: opaque purple-black, like wet soil catching starlight. The first swirl moves slowly, thick as satin; tears gather and slide in deliberate lanes. This is a young colossus—let it breathe. Two to three patient hours in a
Tasting Notes
Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz 2010 is a profound wine, praised for dark fruit, exquisite balance, and impressive aging potential, perfect for both connoisseurs and investors.
Vinotourism
Discover Sauternes—where fog and noble rot shape sweet wine with lift, depth, and ageability. Learn terroir, grapes, winemaking, pairings, and cellaring tips.