Berkeley, Calif.-based Peter Eastlake curates the wine list for summer music festivals The summer music festival scene is heating up, and if rock concerts make you think of cheap beer or whiskey in plastic cups, you’re not alone. But if California wine retailer Peter Eastlake has his way, you’ll be pulling corks on some top […]
China’s leading winemaker Dynasty Fine Wines is premiering a unique new Premium “Jue” Cask Collection of limited edition barrels of wine at VINEXPO Asia-Pacific from May 29-31 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Occupying 36m2 of presentation space at VINEXPO Asia-Pacific 2012, the design of the booth to exhibit this Premium “Jue” Cask […]
RUTHERFORD — Frenchie Winery, named for and inspired by the beloved French bulldog of Raymond Vineyards proprietor Jean-Charles Boisset, has made its debut in Rutherford. Located at Raymond Vineyards, Frenchie Winery is one of the few tasting rooms designed exclusively for dogs. In addition, the first two wines in a series bearing the Frenchie label […]
LOS ANGELES (NBC) – Savor that glass of chardonnay, and appreciate the price tag while you’re at it. Thanks to a looming grape shortage and higher fuel prices, experts predict prices will rise on domestic wine from the West Coast. “It’s manufacturing,” said Carolyn Craig, of the Canyon Crest Winery. “You run out of one […]
Even at Rudy Kurniawan’s coming-out party in September 2003, there were questionable bottles of wine. A score of Southern California’s biggest grape nuts had gathered at the restaurant Melisse in Santa Monica that Friday for a $4,800-a-head vertical tasting of irresistible rarities provided by Kurniawan: Pétrus in a dozen vintages, reaching as far back as […]
That’s the hope of French luxury crystal glassmaker Baccarat, which recently began sales of its new line of glasses in Hong Kong, where wine imports have remained strong on the back of strong demand from mainland Chinese buyers even amid global economic uncertainty. “People tend to confuse good wine with alcohol in wine, which is […]
While China’s wine lovers continue their obsession with French vintages, a number of local labels are determined to lead the charge to convince them that Chinese winemakers can compete with the very best there is. Dynasty Fine Wines is based near the city of Tianjin – about a 30-minute train ride from the capital Beijing […]
The Bordeaux campaign has stuttered to life again with price releases from Chateau Margaux, Chateau Palmer, Chateau Lynch Bages and some two dozen smaller properties. The most important release yesterday was Chateau Margaux, at €360 ex-negociant, down 40%, followed by 3rd growth Chateau Palmer, at €160, down 25.6%. Palmer, though critically acclaimed – Steven Spurrier […]
For a business that has been around for more than 8,000 years, the wine trade still manages to evolve at an impressive speed. Money, politics, climate, fashion and science are remaking that glass in your hand in ways both discreet and radical, and the speed of innovation is increasing as never before. In this changing […]
A reader and his wife, who buy cases of wine through a club membership, recently told me they were dismayed that so many bottles are now topped with screw caps. They said that each case they received was evenly divided between red and white wines, and of the six whites, four usually have screw caps […]