JR Thomason

2 months ago | newwinereview.com | Alexandra McInnis |JR Thomason |Susannah Skiver Barton

Here’s what’s happening on the wine internet this week:🇪🇸  Spain’s most highly sought after wines. 🦸  The dawn of the Super Puglian? 🌄  The Nebbiolos of Alto Piemonte emerge gloriously from their own dark ages. 🇲🇹  Why aren’t we all drinking Girgentina in Malta right now? ❄️  The most fun European cities to visit in winter. 🏙️  Vogue’s Natural Wine-Lover’s guide to NYC. 🛌  The best hotels in Cape Town, Sydney, and Zurich.

2 months ago | newwinereview.com | Alexandra McInnis |JR Thomason |Susannah Skiver Barton |Jason Wilson

When discussing the wines of Alto Piemonte, the subsection of Italy’s Piedmont region that’s north of the famous Langhe, many people reach for the word “renaissance.” But it’s almost impossible not to. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Alto Piemonte was reborn, with DOC status granted to its individual appellations and a major initiative to replant its abandoned vineyards.

2 months ago | newwinereview.com | JR Thomason |Alexandra McInnis |Susannah Skiver Barton |Jason Wilson

It’s easy to pick on the Bordeaux Grand Crus. They’re just so uncool. A still-strong association with the famed but deeply-unfashionable critic Robert Parker hasn’t helped, even though he pretty much stopped scoring Bordeaux in 2015.

Nov 22, 2024 | newwinereview.com | Sarah Parker Jang |JR Thomason |Susannah Skiver Barton

Here’s what’s happening on the wine internet this week:🇫🇷 Five newcomers to know in Bordeaux. 🧀 What to pair with cheese. 🤩 The wines that get Quince somm Adam Chhibbane really excited. 🇳🇿 Wine-Searcher on this year’s best wines from New Zealand. 🇬🇪 Georgia winemakers face crossroads: Russia or the U.S.? 🏥 Hospices de Beaune auction raises nearly $15 million. 🏆 One bright spot in the wine business: Burgundy. 😟 It’s not just tariffs: other proposed policies also worry the U.S. wine industry.

Nov 21, 2024 | newwinereview.com | Sarah Parker Jang |JR Thomason |Susannah Skiver Barton |Sheila Marikar

Since 2003, Lindsay and Michael Tusk have built a small yet formidable dining empire in the upward-trending Jackson Square neighborhood of San Francisco. Quince, their flagship restaurant, is its Rome: a three-Michelin-starred restaurant (one of only three in the city) and one of The New York Times’ 50 best in the U.S., serving a seasonal tasting menu featuring ingredients sourced from Northern California purveyors.