For several years now, I have often wondered why the wines of Piedmont’s G.D. Vajra don’t rake in 98+ points like, all the time. Sometimes I think that the major critics just don’t “get” what these wines are all about. Which seems even stranger, now that I think of it, considering that it took me…
Category: crowd pleaser wines
More Tannin, More Cows: Revisiting Uruguayan Tannat
At this point, 1WD readers are probably sick of me mentioning my previous trip to Uruguay and the obligatory capybara references, but I’m not at all sick of it… And so with a fairly recent online tasting of Uruguayan Tannat reds (led by friend of 1WD and Master Sommelier Peter Granoff), this event recap is…
“Historic & Legendary” (Madeira and Port Ringers from Wine Future 2023 in Portugal)
If, like me, you’re a fan of fortified wines, then the Wine Future 2023 conference held in Coimbra, Portugal saved its best for last. The final guided tasting event at the conference, helmed by Portuguese fortified wine expert Richard Mayson, was titled “Historic and Legendary Madeira and Porto” and, considering my history with both, the…
“The Magnificent 12” (Sampling Some of The Wine World’s Best at Wine Future 2023)
Welcome to part two of the 1WD coverage of the epic tastings held during the Wine Future 2023 conference in Coimbra, Portugal. For details on the event and guided tastings (and my reviews of some of the best of the best when it comes to Portuguese wines), see part one. The second guided tasting at…