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1 week ago | 
robbreport.de | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
Etwa 95 Prozent des Champagners sind Nicht-Jahrgangs-Champagner. Sie sind also eine Mischung aus Grundweinen mehrerer Jahre. Jahrgangs-Champagner stammen aus der Ernte eines einzigen Jahres. Die exquisitesten dieser Jahrgangs-Champagner werden als „spät degorgiert“ bezeichnet. Sie reifen oft acht bis zehn Jahre länger auf der Hefe. Das heißt, sie werden in der Flasche mit den Resthefen aus der zweiten Gärung gelagert, bevor das Sediment entfernt wird.
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1 week ago | 
robbreportmonaco.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
Since Joseph Krug started his eponymous Champagne house in 1843, the maison had been making its annual Grande Cuvée release in the region’s largest city, Reims. Last year, the company moved to a more modern facility in the village of Ambonnay. The cutting-edge winery—named Joseph, after its founder—is more than 100,000 square feet in size but was designed to fit in with the tiny commune’s traditional architecture.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
6 hours agoThe wine-growing region near Traverse City, Michigan, is often called the "Napa of the Midwest." It has stunning lakefront views, a small-town feel, and epic outdoor adventures. Affordable prices and lower crowds make this hidden gem my favorite drinking destination. Napa Valley is renowned for its …
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
Amidst the persistent wave of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon brands vying for the title of Next Big Thing, our palates were relieved to discover Hundred Acre founder Jayson Woodbridge had shifted gears with the release of Summer Dreams. His new Sonoma project features Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc sourced from some of Sonoma Coast’s most renowned vineyards.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
Before we talk about Bordeaux, let’s dispel one of the wine world’s biggest myths: Not all Bordeaux wines are expensive and out of reach of mere mortals. Sure, some bottles can fetch tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, but with more than 7,000 chateaus in the region, wine is made at a variety of quality levels and prices, so there really is something for everyone.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. On a short break from scouting film locations in the northern Italian Dolomites, director Ridley Scott made a brief excursion to the City of Lights in early February. At the Wine Paris trade fair, he hosted some private tastings for his Mas des Infermières winery in the south of France. And over glasses of the estate’s newest releases, we caught up with the acclaimed filmmaker.
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com.sg | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
For over 150 years Fontanafredda has been hailed as one of Piedmont’s finest wineries. Said to be the first producer to release a bottle labeled Barolo—back in 1878—it was also the first to bottle a single-vineyard designate Barolo, in 1964. The largest organic certified winery in Piedmont, its entire estate is classified as a Menzione Geografica Aggiuntiva, or MGA, which the Italians often refer to as a cru.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
7 hours agoThis week, Paris Fashion Week is bringing forward the new fall 2025 collections to the City of Light—not to mention a crowd of A-listers sitting in the front row. Given it is a week all about flamboyance and experimentation, it’s no surprise that the best dressed stars of the week were those who …
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
Generate Key TakeawaysThe Oakville AVA is a two-mile-wide stretch of Napa Valley and was granted American Viticultural Area status only in 1993. Today it boasts just about 5,000 acres of grapevines and more than 70 producers and growers whose wines are among some of the foremost Cabernet Sauvignon and red blends in the world.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike DeSimone |Jeff Jenssen
Generate Key TakeawaysSince Joseph Krug started his eponymous Champagne house in 1843, the maison had been making its annual Grande Cuvée release in the region’s largest city, Reims. Last year, the company moved to a more modern facility in the village of Ambonnay. The cutting-edge winery—named Joseph, after its founder—is more than 100,000 square feet in size but was designed to fit in with the tiny commune’s traditional architecture.
