The importer says this wine won the annual chianti consorzio tasting, in which winemakers evaluate one another’s’ wines.
The region boasts rock-star winemakers, a fantastic sustainability program and one third of the world’s cork forests.
My choices for 2020 span history from biblical times to the present, as well as wine’s role in modern politics, and a lively memoir from a winemaker who shares his blueprint for success.
Some winemakers in the Côte de Nuits, in the northern part of Burgundy, finished picking before the end of August.
Ayala’s revival dovetailed with the hotel’s transformation and given the Champagne’s presence in the hotel’s early years, the sparkling winemaker seemed a likely partner for the project.
A wine critic friend of mine asked for an interview with the winemaker but was told it was “inconvenient.”
What may sound like an adventure story was the real life of a Japanese immigrant who became the largest winemaker in California.
Françoise, the winemaker at Araujo at the time, was hugely instructive.
The wine world tends to glorify the winemaker when really it takes a team of hard-working people to tend vineyards and make wine.
Both women have earned “Winemaker of the Year” accolades from various organizations.