Month: October 2021

Brad Pitt and the Perrin family have new partners. Angelina Jolie has sold her 50 percent stake in Château Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group, for an undisclosed sum. That makes the drinks group partners with Jolie’s ex-husband on the Provençal rosé winery. Miraval has been a blockbuster since the
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The worst-case scenario was a 50 percent tariff on bottled wine. That’s what most insiders in the Australian wine industry were thinking in fall 2020 after tensions spiked between the Chinese and Australian governments over the origins of COVID-19 and Australia’s ban on Huawei’s 5G network. Once again, it looked like the wine community was
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An alcoholic beverage that has been made since 3000 BC, passed on from our ancestors to us, has undergone a lot of transformation, hard work and never ending love from the people yet there’s so much more to explore about wines. The ones who don’t know, I’m also a sommelier who loves understanding wines 🍷
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Thumbs up or down? Wren you taste wine you need to stop and DECIDE about whether or not you like the wine. I usually encourage people to do with with food as many wines won’t taste their best unless served with the right wine pairing. Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach, is a wine speaker who
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In this show, we welcome Thierry Fritsch, the head oenologist and chief wine educator of the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d’Alsace (CIVA), the regional wine regulatory and promotional body of the Alsace wine region. Born and raised in Alsace, Thierry is an agricultural engineer and oenologist, and has an MBA from the Business School of
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Don’t miss this chance to sip iconic wines at home and watch three Napa Valley vintners in a roundtable discussion with sommelier Sara d’Amato about this storied region and its celebrated wines. Plus, get exclusive early access to a special Vintages online-only offer of 80-plus Napa wines. Prices are valid at time of original airing
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