by Heather Lipp | Jul 16, 2019 | Education, Uncategorized
Can You Really Drink a Wine Today Where the Grapes Were Grown When Abraham Lincoln Was Running For President? As we became more and more obsessed with wine, we began discovering older wines – wines from the years we were born (for the record, we are not that...
by Jordan | Nov 3, 2016 | Education, Guest Blogs, Uncategorized
Not infrequently people ask me – have you had this famous wine or that famous wine? (Quick answer: yes, I’ve had Screaming Eagle; yes, I’ve had Latour; no, I haven’t had Petrus; no, I haven’t had DRC.) But that makes me wonder, what makes a legendary wine, a wine...
by Jordan | Jun 6, 2016 | Education, Guest Blogs, Uncategorized
Demystifying Bordeaux’s First through Fifth Growths Perhaps the greatest marketing scheme in the history of any industry, not just wine, is the Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855. After all, what other marketing scheme from 160 years ago is as relevant today...