2010 Wine Blog Award Winners!

The August 27 edition of the Wine Blogging Newsletter highlights the 2010 Wine Blog Award winners. Here is the list of winning blogs if you want to sign up for RSS feeds plus details on upcoming social media wine events. This was the fourth annual public vote for the web’s finest wine bloggers, sponsored by [...]

Comparison takes the fizz out of cava

By Andrew Jefford Published: August 21 2010 00:40 | Last updated: August 21 2010 00:40 Ambitious sparkling wines the world over are invariably measured against champagne. This is understandable, but unfortunate. It is as if all red wines were expected to model themselves on burgundy, even those made from very different grape varieties in much [...]

Are you a diner from hell? Read these checkpoints to be sure.

Are you a diner from hell? Read these checkpoints to be sure..

The NYCR Team – We Won’t Participate as Judges in Wine Competitions: Here’s Why!

It’s official. We are done judging big, blind, medal-focused wine competitions. We did not arrive at this position without much thought and discussion. Ultimately, we believe that transparency and clarity are core values that should permeate the wine world — from the creation of wine, to the marketing of wine, to the writing about wine. [...]

Put a cork in it: the environmental cost of the screw cap

By Lucy Siegle The Observer Features Sun 22 Aug 2010 00:07 BST In recent years the cork has been steadily usurped by cleaner, more convenient screw caps. But the environmental impact of this social shift is massive. Now the traditional cork growers are fighting back. But have they left it too late? There is a [...]

News from the LCBO

Graham Beck Brut Rosé NV South Africa 11.5% Pinot Noir/Chard $15-20 LCBO Graham Beck died just a few weeks back. Born in 1929 he was a revolutionary in South Africa and can definitely be credited with moving the wine industry forward in that country. At the LCBO this bottle was just so beautiful I couldn’t [...]

Sauvignon blanc has its place

Sauvignon blanc has its place.

Noisy Oysters or MCC? | Pendock Uncorked

Noisy Oysters or MCC? | Pendock Uncorked.

Franschhoek Uncorked

Make your way to the picturesque Franschhoek Wine Valley, over the weekend of 4 and 5 September, for the unique spring wine meander, Franschhoek Uncorked. This multi-faceted celebration takes place on satellite farms throughout the Valley, and affords award-winning wineries – as well as the smaller hidden gems – the opportunity to ‘bloom’ as they [...]

Sparkling etiquette

Article By: Bryony Whitehead Champagne, sparkling wine, Methode Cap Classique, whatever your preference, drinking bubbly is associated with good times and celebration, and since it’s nearing that time of the year when we dust the fluted glasses off, and put on our party hats, it’s worth going over those finer details for quaffing a glass [...]