Another wine I discovered in my San Francisco Wine School course. A special AVA in San Luis Obispo County, California, known as the Arroyo Grande AVA. And one of the most notable producers in this AVA is Talley Vineyards. From the cool coastal breeze comes fog into...
"Giménez Riili is located at the entrance of The Vines, Private Vineyard Estates and Resort & Spa, in a very cool project called The Winemakers Village... a boutique collection of 12 small, high-quality wineries that are joined by a walking path along a meandering...
"For four generations, the Giménez and Riili families have shared the love for making wine in Argentina. In 1890 Don Fernando Riili came to Argentina from Sicily and in 1905 Don Pedro Giménez from Spain. This Italian/Spanish love-affair finally consummated in their...
It was a treat this week to celebrate World Malbec Day at the ARGENTINA CONSULATE'S home in Los Angeles, and to discover, OK Drink, many extraordinary Malbec Wines. The special find was a big rich Malbec from 100-year-old vines that produced an unbelievable silky...
"The Bodegas Salentein winery was designed in the shape of a cross for both beauty and function. In each of the crosses’ four wings is a small winery in-and-of-itself to focus on optimizing quality. Two levels allow a gentle flow of the grapes from tanks to barrels by...
"Bodegas Salentein is likely the largest winery estate in Valle de Uco with 5,000 acres (2,000 planted with vineyards), stretching 14 linear miles through elevation of 3,400 to 5,600 feet, well into the foothills of the Andes Mountains where the growing cycle is short...
"For generations, the Bianchetti family has been growing grapes in Valle de Uco. They have always known how good the region is for wine grapes. And so do others... the Bianchetti family has been selling their grapes to notable wineries for decades. Maybe this is how...
This is a new wine discovery from an old winery. VISTA FLORES is an outstanding terroir to grow Malbec grapes in Mendoza Argentina. It is located in Valle de Uco. Catina is a large winery in Argentina that has been around for about 100 years. It is nice to see that...
"O. Fournier’s visionary José Manuel Ortega Gil-Fournier is an interesting worldly entrepreneur, born in Spain, educated at Notre Dame in USA, worked as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs in London and Banco Santander in Madrid... then put up all his savings,...
"At the southernmost end of this 25- by 45-mile Uco Valley is the ultimate in innovative wineries. O. Fournier is an architectural masterpiece... from its spectacular exterior design that won an architectural gold medal, to an infrastructure designed to gently handle...