Recently, ViniPortugal, the trade association responsible for the promotion of Portuguese wines around the world, announced that Portugal’s exports of wine to the USA increased 15% during 2012. It is a fun-to-watch phenomenon for us as we see customers looking for interesting wines with flavor, balance, and value and finding it in wines from Portugal. [...]
At the Cincinnati International Wine Festival last weekend, a number of our wines–ahem…wines that we distribute–were medal winners. Indeed we had 21 wines so honored, and here they are: Gold Medals Jean Lallement NV Brut Champagne Sattler 2011 St. Laurent Seghesio 2007 Barolo La Villa Storybook Mountain Vineyards 2009 Antaeus Vinum Cellars 2009 Cabernet Franc [...]
Cincinnati International Wine Festival Trade Tasting Friday, March 8, 2013, 1:00-4:00 PM Duke Energy Convention Center 3rd Floor 525 Elm Street Cincinnati, Ohio cost: $20 tickets available at the door Vintner Select will be sampling wines from a wide variety of producers within our fine wine portfolio…Come visit our tables to find new favorites and [...]
2008 Minges Riesling Sekt Even though it’s after New Year’s, the time is always right to drink sparkling wine. There is no other wine category that is so useful across the board. They make great aperitifs, wonderful food wines that can match up to almost anything that a still wine wouldn’t and can bring a [...]
Impress your friends, family and host without breaking the bank! It is that time of the year again… The Holidays… you have 12 holiday parties to go to, 2 dinners with your family and then New Year’s Eve. That makes 12 host gifts, 2 dishes or wine to bring to your family’s house for dinner [...]
Even though the wine bottle screw cap had been around for a while I did not see it enter into the realm of fine wine until the mid-1990’s. This was a period when cork closures were presenting more problems than anyone in the business ever remembered mostly due to the increased demand for wine, particularly [...]
Brunello di Montalcino is well known as one of the great red wines on the planet and the soon to arrive 2007 Brunello di Montalcino and 2010 Rosso di Montalcino make it clear that this area is on a roll. The 2007 Brunello di Montalcino is comparable in quality to the exceptional 2006 vintage but [...]
It happens every now and then. ‘Those Moments’ that reminds us why we do what we do. I had a day full of those moments this spring when I went to New York to meet with the Rosenthal group. First, allow me a trip down memory lane. There was a time when selling Kendall-Jackson and [...]
