Tiny, alpine, and semi-autonomous, the Valle d’Aosta is Italy's smallest and least populous region. A speck squeezed into the country’s northwestern corner, it is dwarfed on all sides by its more imposing neighbors. Piedmont, 8...
Torbreck The Barossa Valley is one of Australia’s most famous wine regions, located in South Australia, just about an hour's drive northeast of Adelaide. It’s known for its rich history, stunning landscapes, and, of course,...
BRETTANOMYCES To start off the year we will be looking at one of my favorite topics to read about in both wine and beer: yeast! Most wines and beers are fermented with the genus Saccharomyces...
Friuli - Venezia Giulia Hate to have to start the new year with an apology, but as I did not envision finishing 2024’s IWC tour in the early days of 2025, it feels necessary to...
Atypical Rosés As 2024 comes to a close, we find ourselves back in France enjoying some rosés from regions better known for other wines. The Alsace wine region is best known for Rieslings, while Sancerre...
Mouzon-Leroux L’Ineffable Blanc de Noirs 2017 You might associate the year 1776 with a handful of epochal USA events, but my five minutes of research just now suggests that the whole world had a...
