Talking to Bernardino Sani, Argiano’s CEO and winemaker is energizing at the least. Still, it is his ability to tell the Argiano story and his strong connection to the property that keeps you listening. The five-century-old property has no shortage
In this episode, we travel to the Montalcino region of Tuscany to visit Pian delle Vigne, overseen by winemaker and estate director Fabio Ratto. Ratto gave us a warm welcome at the property, in part because guests are a rare occurrence at the meticulously
Sustainability is one of those words that is difficult to define unless you practice it every day, believing that achieving meaningful validation also involves people and the environment. Even more important, you have to accept that the journey is not
Eugenia Keegan comes by her love of wine genuinely. A fifth generation Sonoman, from the Russian River Valley, her love of pinot noir seems a natural, beginning with time spent at legendary pinot pioneer Joseph Swan Winery. Her professional life has taken
Frédéric Chaudière is a regular visitor to the west coast. It's always a pleasure to taste his wines, which have become ambassadors for the fast-growing quality and reputation of the Ventoux. Château Pesquié has been
Last January I touched down in Queenstown, Central Otago to participate in what proved to be a week full of pinot noir revelations and insights. The Idea and Context My last visit was seven years ago, and progress was palpable. The occasion was the
Terroir does not innately tell us which grapes to grow or what wines to bottle. Some varieties may be more suitable than others, but even that’s not static. With climate change, wine regions are necessarily exploring alternate grape varieties to
The wine industry is too focused on quality. Sure, that may be a controversial statement, but today the average bottle of wine – regardless of the region of origin – has never been better. Customers rightly assume that any winery they walk
The history of time has walked across the Roussillon, so it should come as no surprise that eventually, the ultimate terroir hunter, Michel Chapoutier, would place a wooden stake in the ground here and build a small domain at Latour-de-France. The
This past fall, we visited the famed hill of Hermitage above the town of Tain l'Hermitage in the northern Rhône Valley. Our final destination was M. Chapoutier, one of its most famous producers. The video below is the fourth in our French wine series,
Before there was Taittinger, there was Forest-Fourneaux, and before that, a man named Jacques Fourneaux. In 1734, Fourneaux collaborated with local Benedictine monks to learn how to produce still and sparkling wines. It was Jacques’ great-grandson
Two days in Beaujolais earlier this fall proved rewarding as a 101 refresher of the famous French appellation, and an opportunity to get reacquainted with the beautiful stretch of wine country terroir while tasting the first wine of the year at Georges
A week of travel across France from Champagne to the Languedoc confirms the French remain devoted to producing some of the best wines in the world. It should come as no surprise that they do it with a great deal of confidence and savoir-faire. No one
In the early 1970s, many believed that growing vinifera grape varieties, a staple of the European wine world, wasn't possible in Canada with its long and cold winters. Austrian immigrant and winemaker Karl Kaiser began experimenting and creating wines
The short film below is the seldom seen icewine harvest, since it can be unpredictable, as we found when trying to film it. We interview Inniskillin’s director of viticulture Gerald Klose, revelling in his retelling of the early days of their icewine
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