SOMM TV Magazine • 30th November 2022 7 Sustainable Boxed Wines to Drink This Holiday Season It’s time to move beyond preconceived notions and embrace boxed wine not only because of new, quality brands but also because it has a sustainable, long-term impact.
VinePair • 25th November 2022 The Internet is Killing My Favorite Drinks Viral cocktails are symbolic of modern society’s short attention span, as many imbibers briefly entertain novelty before trading it in for their usual order without ever understanding the origins, legends, craft, or even ingredients surrounding them.
Wine Enthusiast • 16th November 2022 How to Use a Twin-Blade Wine Opener Opening an old bottle of wine can be tricky. In fact, it can be so tricky that it may require a different device than a standard opener to properly remove the cork.
Fodors Travel Guide • 10th November 2022 11 Essentials to Pack for a Trip to the Amazon Similar to packing appropriately for a safari, a trip to the heart of the Amazon requires a sort of packing etiquette of its own. From the necessary raincoat to the less obvious, miscellaneous items for sun protection, here are the essentials for traveling through one of the greatest wildernesses on earth in comfort and style.
NapaValley.com • 25th October 2022 Napa Valley Cult Wineries to Know In Napa Valley, “cult” associations aren’t necessarily a negative thing—in regards to wines and wineries that is. Here are 10 cult wineries in Napa Valley you should know about, including a few rising stars quickly joining the cult ranks.
Wine Enthusiast • 21st October 2022 Should You Decant Champagne? It Depends Decanting is a polarizing topic in the still-wine world. The process is performed to separate sediment, allow the wine to interact with oxygen or both. So when it comes to decanting Champagne, you can bet experts have opinions on the matter. And whether to decant the bubbly or not isn’t always clear.
SOMM TV • 20th October 2022 The Georgian Wine That’s Influencing Global Wine Trends For the past few years, orange wines have become increasingly trendy. But many consumers still don’t recognize the roots of this relatively “new” style of wine, particularly given its fast track to the top.
Robb Report • 18th October 2022 Inside the Lush and Luxe Tuscan Resort That Ferragamo Built Salvatore Ferragamo fell in love with Il Borro in 1993, when his father acquired the property in a state of disrepair. Now, it's a luxury resort that promises an authentic Tuscan experience.
Men's Journal • 18th October 2022 Northern Portgual Travel Guide: Porto and the Douro Valley Perhaps you haven’t yet heard—port is booming. For travelers to Europe’s hottest new (but old) destination, that means the famous fortified wine’s eponymous region of Porto and the Douro Valley in Northern Portugal will be greeting even more international visitors heading to the terracotta stacked city.
Wine Enthusiast • 13th October 2022 9 Extravagant Hotel Wine Cellars Worth Traveling to See Wine cellars are often thought of as subterranean crypts or vault-like spaces, where naturally cool, dark environments assure stable conditions for storing bottles during aging. However, many hotels are also making their cellars cool places to hang out.
Club Oenologique • 7th October 2022 Tempranillo’s Rogue Valley rise While many might classify Oregon wines as light Pinot Noirs and weighty Chardonnays, the expressions of Tempranillo found here are fashioning a new chapter for the Pacific Northwest wine region. Southern Oregon is taking advantage of the fact that it falls on the same latitude and has similar weather patterns to those in the Rioja region.
SOMM TV • 29th September 2022 How Krug x Single Ingredient Boosts Community and Sustainability In 2015, the House of Krug launched Krug x Single Ingredient, honoring the legendary ethos of their 1843 founder, Joseph Krug, and his dedication to consider each plot as one ingredient. The program is a nod to the maison’s craftsmanship as they invite chefs from around the world to interpret the annual single ingredient in recipes to pair with Krug Grande Cuvée and Krug Rosé.
Condé Nast Traveler • 27th September 2022 9 Beautiful Castles in America That You Can Visit It's hard to imagine that there are castles in America. Usually when picturing castles—whether romantic, medieval, or those of folklore—they're often emblematic of far-flung corners of the world; remote destinations in European countryside, on mountaintops surrounded by moats in Asia.
SOMM TV • 19th September 2022 4 Basic Wine Storage Tips for Regular Wine Drinkers For many wine enthusiasts, collecting and storing wine is an art form, a skill. But for the average consumer who may purchase a bottle of wine to enjoy the same evening, storing wine can be confusing, complicated, and space-consuming. It doesn’t need to be, though.
Business Traveler • 1st September 2022 Fest Company Hotels are hosting their own epicurean affairs as a successful promotional strategy; running a festival that attracts hundreds of visitors can secure occupancy during slower parts of the year, encourage business from local customers, and place a resort on the map as a destination.
Travel + Leisure • 25th August 2022 The Future of Napa Valley Wine — and How It's Evolving Following Years of Devastating Wildfires There are many factors critics write about when discussing the uncertainty of Napa’s future: climate change, sustainability, overtourism, and quality, to name a few. The themes all present themselves as hurdles for the future of wine, but industry veterans recognize a pattern within them. As they explain, these aren’t new problems.
VinePair • 21st August 2022 Not Just a Wine Term: Here's How Terroir Affects Oysters “Just like the growing conditions of grapes impact the flavor profile of wine, the same is true for how oysters are grown,” explains Chris Sherman, CEO of Island Creek Oysters. “Over the years, we half-jokingly coined the term “merroir” to describe this, and now it has caught on as a legitimate concept.”
Thrillist • 10th August 2022 Float Up to the Bartender at These Best 16 Pool Bars in the World Some hotels have pretty nice bars. And some hotels have pretty nice pools. And then there are the hotels that just plain show off by having a nice bar in a nice pool, a bar that you can swim up to without ever leaving the water.
Men's Journal • 3rd August 2022 How to Enjoy the Ultimate 4-Day Weekend in Bermuda Hiding in the Atlantic, Bermuda is often overlooked for its Caribbean counterparts farther south. In fact, it’s the closest resort getaway for many Americans. The 21-square-mile, subtropical island is about 600 miles off the coast of North Carolina, making it the perfect destination for a long-weekend escape.
Men's Journal • 28th July 2022 The Balvenie Expands Cask Range With French Oak 16-Year-Old It’s been nearly a decade, but today, The Balvenie announced the expansion of its Cask Finishes Range with the release of The Balvenie French Oak 16-Year-Old.
