Q3 2022 Red Rogues- All About Spain
All About Spain San Francisco’s hottest nightclub is Spanish Wine (any SNL fans here?). This spot has it all: more vino per year by volume than all but two other countries (Italy and France); more...
Q1 2022 Red Rogues- A Visit to Portugal
Portugal is a rare bird in the wine aviary. Roughly the size of the US state of Indiana, the Iberian nation that isn’t Spain occupies the far western edge of the Eurasian landmass and can...
Italian Wine Club January 2022
PIEMONTE As many of you know, 2022 brings a major change to the Italian Wine Club - Elio Longobardi, creator and curator of the club, retired at the end of 2021. For the last seven...
Q3 Red Rogues- Cru Beaujolias
Just below the Macon border, the 10 crus of Northern Beaujolais tumble south in a jigsaw befitting the region’s puzzling status among wine fans. To many, Beaujolais is the go-to for glou-glou - fun and...
Red Rogues Club- Indigenous Italian Varietals
INDIGENOUS ITALIAN VARIETALS No one knows exactly how many different kinds of wine grapes there are in Italy. Estimates range from a few hundred to a few thousand, and though the title is not undisputed...
SOUTH AFRICA Red Rogues Q1 2021
The story of South African winemaking, like that of the nation itself is long, fraught, horrifying and (hopefully) ultimately inspiring. The first bottle was produced in 1659, when Cape Town was a supply station for...