Author: Mike McDuff

If like me, you’ve been completely addicted to the first season of The Wine Show, then Joe Fattorini don’t need any introduction. The show has achieved the hard task to present the wine world to mainstream drinkers and non-experts but in a fresh and fun way that also appealed to the professionals and invested wine…

– In 1987, Michael Etzel and brother-in-law, famous Robert Parker, purchased a run-down pig farm in Ribbon Ridge and established the basis of The Beaux Frères Vineyard. – While most of the vineyard is planted with different clones of pinot noir, there’s also about 1500 vines of Grenache which are cuttings from Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate Rayas….

The Gaja Winery was founded by Giovanni Gaja in 1859 and has been owned and operated by five generations of the Gaja family. Giovanni Gaja was the great-grandfather of Angelo Gaja, the Winery’s current owner with his daughter Gaia. Gaja celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2009, it was founded with only two hectares but has…

The Brunello di Montalcino Wine Consortium was created in 1967, in the aftermath of the DOC, as a free association of producers intent on protecting their wine, to enhance its features and promote the wines internationally. Every year in February the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino organizes an event called “BENVENUTO BRUNELLO”. On this…

I was fortunate and delighted to receive an invitation from my beloved mentor, Richard Sagala, to taste rare grape varieties from the Friulli Colli Orientali appellation, located in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region a few kilometers from Udine. The DOC was established in 1970 while Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit became a separate DOCG in 2006….

Jeff Leve is the Founder, Contributor and Editor of “The Wine Cellar Insider”. If you don’t know already know the website, you are seriously missing out. It offers close to 13,000 exclusive, unique, detailed, searchable, wine tasting notes and wine reviews along with amazing winery profile and a focus on Bordeaux wines. The information is…

BIO Cathrine Todd is the founder and editor of Dame Wine®, a successful wine blog with an interest in the people and the sharing aspect surrounding wine. Dame Wine is a WSET Diploma graduate, member of the Circle of Wine Writers, Freelance Wine Writer and the Wine Columnist for La VOCE di New York. The…

BIO Founder and editor of the very useful Vinography.com wine blog, Alder Yarrow was one of the first to start the blogging trend. San Francisco Magazine has called him “The Wine World’s Brightest Cyberstar” and he is widely accepted as a pioneer of wine blogging. His Vinography.Com blog has been published daily since 2004, and…

BIO Sommelière, journaliste, enseignante et animatrice, Michelle se distingue dans l’industrie du vin au canada d’un océan à l’autre. Entre Vancouver où elle préside le chapitre de la Colombie-Britannique de l’Association canadienne des sommeliers professionnels, enseigne le Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), a fondé la compagnie House wine; et Montréal où elle enseigne à…

Bio Philippe Lapeyrie, c’est un peu comme ton ami, tu sais, celui qui trippe sur le vin et qui te donne toujours des conseils. Il est passionné, plein de bonnes valeurs et dévoué aux consommateurs de vin du Québec. Il le dit et le répétera surement encore souvent, il travaille pour les québécois. Pas pour…