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The Illustrious House of Champagne Billecart-Salmon
Elevate any Champagne stockpile with Champagne Billecart-Salmon, one of the world's most premier and prestigious Champagne houses. Calling yourself a historic, family-owned business is easy... but they have receipts! The birth of Billecart-Salmon began with the marriage between Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon. Founded in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ in 1818, this [...]
Let’s Take A Peak: Ant Moore Wines
Looking for easy wines to excite, just in time for springtime? Enter Ant Moore Wines. With a wide selection of sustainably grown, vegan friendly offerings—and not to mention, stunning standout labels—there’s no better time than the present to uncover the enchanting region of Marlborough. Marlborough is New Zealand’s largest wine [...]
Our Wine of the Week is: THE CENTRAL COAST GROUP PROJECT (CCGP) 2013 “SUPER-CALI” RED TABLE WINE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
This wine is dedicated to a dinner party that winemaker Scot Sampler and members of the Central Coast Group hosted in a downtown loft in Los Angeles from 1998 to 2004. According to their website, “they drank through a world of incredible wines, ate a lot of sauce & it [...]
Our wine of the week is the 2016 Twenty Ten Wines Syrah
Where is it made? Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County What are the grapes? Syrah What should I know about this wine? The Dry creek Valley is in northern Sonoma County, California. The area is well known for Zinfandels however other varieties like sauvignon blanc, chardonnay and other reds do well in [...]
Wine Podcasts to Listen to Right Now
All that glitters is not gold. Look outside the commonplace, look in depth. Sometimes its allure is not physically tangible, but in the form of enlightened listening, topic discoveries and refreshing representation. Enter the podcast. Podcasts have evolved tremendously over time, and unlike those early years of the podcast and [...]
Wine of the Week (2/15/21) 2015 ALLEGRINI AMARONE della Valpolicella DOCG
What is Amarone? Amarone is a dry Italian red wine. Where is it made? Italy’s Veneto region (north-east). What are the grapes? 2015 ALLEGRINI AMARONE della Valpolicella DOCG 45% Corvina Veronese, 45% Corvinone, 5% Rondinella, 5% Oseleta What should I know about Amarone? The grapes are dried through a natural drying process called [...]
Valentine’s Day Recommendations
I had an amazing time on The Jam TV Show this week featuring Valentine’s Day wine recommendations ALL UNDER $25! Here is a link to the segment WINE LIST (in the order of appearance): Domaine Saint-Rémy Crémant d'Alsace Brut $24.99 Dopff & Irion Crémant d'Alsace Brut Rosé $24.99 Noval Black [...]
7 Steps to Reinvent Your Wine & Spirits Self
A guide to drink inspiration, improved imbibing and transforming your wine & spirits individuality in the process. New year. New normal. New you. It’s an opportune time for new beginnings, which includes infusing fresh excitement to routine and the ordinary booze affairs! Modification to a wine & spirits lineup is [...]
The A-Z of Hacking Holiday Sparkling
There is nothing quite like a great bottle of bubbly. Whether it is to ring in an occasion or for a lazy Thursday, there’s just nothing that compares. Now—and probably more than ever—navigating the holiday era during Covid means less in-person gathering, elevated virtual exchanges and a little bit of [...]
