[ Editor’s note: This is an April Fool’s Day post. It is intentionally cynical, acerbic, and satirical to the extreme. I do NOT actually feel this way about these publications. I have plenty of friends who work for these publications (all of which, I sincerely hope, take this in the humorous way it’s intended and…
Things Are Going to Get Worse Before They Get Better (Thoughts on SipSource’s 2023 Wine Data)
Looks like things are going to get (even) worse for the global wine industry before they get better. My friend Jeff Siegel recently reported on wineindustryadvisor.com about the release of 2023 wine sales data from SipSource (owned by the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association), in a piece titled More Bad News: SipSource Report Pulls No…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for March 25, 2024
2019 Foley Family Brut (Sta. Rita Hills): Flowers, biscuits, and a veritable orchard of green, red, and yellow apples. $65 A-
2012 Tom Gore Vineyards Field Blend (Alexander Valley): Still has a ton of vanilla, blackberry, and smooth moves. $35 B+
2010 Ehrenberg Cellars Lodi Zinfandel (California): Flexing its muscular profile of dried figs, blackberry, pepper, and smoked meat. $28 B+…
Grenache By Any Other Name (Madrevite Recent Releases)
Madrevite‘s Nicola Chiucchiurlotto has one of those made-for-TV-movie prodigal son type of stories that seem so prevalent in the wine world. In 2003, Chiucchiurlotto founded Madrevite in Castiglione del Lago, which sits in the hills near lakes Trasimeno and Chiusi, along the Umbria/Tuscany border. In that way, Chiucchiurlotto would seem like a relative newcomer by…