AS we bid adieu to 2024, we in the wine biz (and probably the world in general) can look towards the future with… a sense of dread and trepidation, probably. So instead, let’s look back on 2024 here on 1WD, as I give you (as reported to me by analytics)… The Top 10 Most Popular…
“Bigger Than Any One Chapter” (Tasting Twenty Years of Mayacamas Cabernet)
“It’s bigger than any one chapter; if we do it well, the chatter will be about our wines being part of the lineage.” Mayacamas winemaker Braiden Albrecht talks about the history of his employer (famously founded in 1889) with a kind of detached reverence. When we tasted three vintages of Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon spanning twenty…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for December 23, 2024
2023 Loew Vineyards ‘Beloved’ (Mt. Airy): Welcome to MD, where the future of Pinot Blanc is as as bright as this white is refreshing… Now, where are the blue crabs… $23 B+
2012 Bridges Wine Co Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Earthy, with lots of tea, dried flowers, dried blueberries, dark plums, and slight sense of immortality. $NA B+
2021 Goosecross Cellars Tempranillo (Napa Valley): Sour black cherry, anise, tobacco, licorice, black pepper, & dried violets in a smooth and spicy mixture. $57 A-…
Gifts to Wine Lovers From on (Mile) High (Winning Wines From the 2024 CO Governor’s Cup)
The Colorado winemaking scene must be in a seasonally generous mood: it’s got plenty of gifts to bring to all you good little wine lovers out there. This past summer, I was fortunate enough to have been invited once again to judge at the Colorado Governor’s Cup wine competition, a well-run face-off of Colorado wines…