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Books & Booze: Book Lover’s Day Edition

Books & Booze: Book Lover’s Day Edition
This Sunday marks National Book Lover’s Day, and certainly, the last few months have proven how valuable a good book can be in inspiring, educating, or simply entertaining during tough times. In the world of hospitality, nothing shows appreciation quite...

Montalcino’s Castello Tricerchi: The Rebirth of an Ancient Dynasty

Montalcino’s Castello Tricerchi: The Rebirth of an Ancient Dynasty
It takes a good deal of bravado to leave a successful family business in Rome and venture into a life of winemaking in the Tuscan countryside. But Tommaso Squarcia has bravado to spare, and it shows in his deeply transporting Brunellos.   Tommaso wasn’t born into a winemaking family—his family owned a successful...

Sustainability in Spirits: Jean-Luc Pasquet

Sustainability in Spirits: Jean-Luc Pasquet
THE SUSTAINABILITY IN SPIRITS SERIES This is our eighth installment in a series that defines sustainability in spirits and shares some selections from our very own spirits portfolio. PART I Square One Organic Spirits PART II Apologue PART III Azteca Azul...

The Profiles of Chenin Series

The Profiles of Chenin Series
Throughout June we explored all aspects of Chenin with a remarkable group of growers who are all taking this noble variety to its maximum potential. Chenin is one of the most in vogue white grapes being grown around the world,...

100 Years of Azelia: Old, Stubborn Beauty in Barolo

100 Years of Azelia: Old, Stubborn Beauty in Barolo
The Bricco Voghera vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba is a punishing place to work in August. It faces full south, has a near vertical incline up 400 meters and can easily reach 100º in the summer months. In the spring of 2014, a season of unrelenting...

Germany, Austria, & Champagne Video Archive

National Germany + Austria Summit 2020 (1:46:43) AUSTRIA KAMPTAL Brundlmayer The 2019 Vintage: Andreas Wickhoff of Bründlmayer (19:23) Zoom Virtual Tasting: Andreas Wickhoff of Bründlmayer (1:06:23) Gobelsburg The 2019 Vintage: Michael Moosbrugger of Gobelsburg (1:01:45) Zoom Conversation with Michael Moosbrugger of...

Sustainability in Spirits: Vicario

Sustainability in Spirits: Vicario
THE SUSTAINABILITY IN SPIRITS SERIES This is our seventh installment in a series that defines sustainability in spirits and shares some selections from our very own spirits portfolio. PART I Square One Organic Spirits PART II Apologue PART III Azteca...

Germany’s Nahe: A Geologist’s Paradise

Germany’s Nahe: A Geologist’s Paradise
HISTORY & EXPOSITION The Nahe is one of the smallest and the most geologically diverse regions in Germany. First legally recognized in 1971, this area is named for the Nahe River and is home to some of the finest vineyards...