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Buyer’s Guide to Vintages January 18th Release
Wine Gives us Reasons to Hopeby David Lawrason, with notes from Michael Godel, Megha Jandhyala and Sara d’Amato It is not just a little ironic that Vintages January 18 Catalogue features “sustainable winemaking” in California as Los Angeles burns, and the United States inaugurates a climate change agnostic as president. But let’s be positive here […] More
Montalcino Previews 2024: Brunello 2020, Brunello Riserva 2019 and older vintages
By Michael Godel Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2020, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2019, changes to Rosso di Montalcino DOC, 14 estate visits and 250 tasting notes from Montalcino, November 2024. The most recent edition of Montalcino’s Benvenuto Brunello took place from November 14th-16th, 2024 in the Chiostro del Museo di Sant’Agostino. Home to Il […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – January 4th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the January 4th release, which one would it be and why?” Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant 2022, California, USA$19.10, Family Wine MerchantsJohn Szabo – Pleasure mingles with nostalgia in my only one pick this week, a wine which, although very different today, first […] More
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Port is a Portuguese, fortified wine from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, but also comes in dry, semi-dry and white varieties. It is often served as a dessert wine. Wines in the style of port are produced around the world in several countries, but under European Union guidelines, only the product from Portugal may be labelled as Port. There are many styles of ports, divided into two major families: rubys (which includes vintage and late bottled vintage ports) and tawnys (including the single-vintage colheitas). Vintage ports, which are bottled young in only the best years, when a vintage declaration is allowed by the consortium overseeing the production of port, fetch the highest prices and can age for decades if not centuries. A Tawny Port is made from a red Port wine that has matured in wooden barrels, whose permeability allows a small amount of exposure to oxygen, and experience what is known as "oxidative" aging. If red grapes are used, in time the red colour lightens to a tawny colour - these are known as Tawny (or sometimes Wood) ports. They also lose volume to evaporation, leaving behind a wine that is slightly more viscous and intense.
