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Extract: The wines of Southwest U.S.A. by Jessica Dupuy
20 January 2022 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Extracts, Wine and spirits
The advent of winemaking in the Southwest
While most American history is first associated with British colonization along the east coast of the country at the beginning of the seventeenth century, New Mexico was first colonized by the Spanish. Second to Florida, New Mexico is one of the oldest state names in the country. (Read more)
Extract: Luxury Wine Marketing by Peter Yeung and Liz Thach MW
19 January 2022 by Rebecca in Extracts, Lifestyle, Wine and spirits
Luxury wine: luxuriously defined
The French term elevage, meaning to be grown or reared, with regard to winemaking is a good starting point for understanding what luxury wine is. The wine world at the highly commercial end is made up of manufactured commodities, wines made by formula and at industrial scale, often to great effect, but manufactured more than grown. (Read more)
An in-depth celebration of the world of bubbles
22 November 2021 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Wine and spirits
Consumers today are faced with a dazzling array of sparkling wines, from around the globe. But as little as two decades ago the picture was quite different, with Champagne the only real choice for anybody interested in quality fizz. Then came Prosecco. Although not a serious contender to Champagne itself, its huge growth in popularity this century (with sales increasing tenfold over the period), demonstrated a thirst for sparkling wine to which producers around the world have responded accordingly. (Read more)