Feature Stories - Palate Press

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If you were to visit a long-established wine region such as Bordeaux or Burgundy, and then visit a younger, emerging wine region in North America, one of the many differences that might strike you is a discrepancy in the number of grape varieties being grown. While many established wine regions

Palate Press Columnists Win at 2012 Roederer Awards

Tom Mansell

Feature Stories

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Palate Press was well-represented among the winners at this year's Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards. Columnist Erika Szymanski was awarded the Emerging Wine Writer of the Year award and columnist Evan Dawson won the International Wine Book of the Year award for his book, Summer in a Glass: The

Former AOL-Execs Have Innovative Plans for Virginia Wine Industry

Shannon Jones

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Early Mountain Vineyards, one of Virginia's newest wineries, opened in late June with a mission: elevate and support the Virginia wine industry. Owners Jean and Steve Case, former America Online (AOL) executives and founders of The Case Foundation, believe that Virginia has the potential to compete with some of the

Top Ten Wine Accessories: Gizmos That Earn Their Keep

Meg Houston Maker

Feature Stories

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If you open more than a few bottles of wine per week, it’s probably already too late. No, I’m not talking about your health or your sanity, but about your kitchen drawers. They're likely choked with wine paraphernalia—gizmos to open wine and to serve it, to pour it and store

Natural Bordeaux: How the Petits Châteaux are Making Waves

Simon J Woolf

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Arguably the world's pre-eminent wine region, Bordeaux is not readily associated with emerging trends like natural or low-intervention winemaking. In this region, the celebrity Crus classés [Classified Growths] have transitioned from mere wine producers into luxury brands, and protecting those brands—read not taking risks—is their major priority. Pontus Elofsson, head

New Marketing for Beaujolais: It’s All About the Crus

Hoke Harden

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The general public may be aware of Beaujolais, but that awareness doesn’t seem to go very far. The public is not very aware of the wines beyond the name, often isn’t aware of the grape variety that makes it distinctive, and rarely moves beyond the catchy Beaujolais Nouveau release that

Markets, Castles and Wines: A Quick Guide to Touring Piedmont

Marisa D'Vari

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Ah, the pleasures of Piedmont, Italy with its fine wines, gastronomic cuisine, and gorgeous picture-postcard scenery at every turn. Here, in the land of Benvenuto (“welcome,” in Italian) I found it easy to indulge in the simple delights of the fresh markets, personal interaction with top wine producers, and visits

Taking Barbera Beyond Blends in California

Robert Ehlert

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For this year’s second annual Barbera Festival, held in California’s Amador County, winemakers brought samples of some 85 expressions of this highly drinkable varietal. They came up from Lodi, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz and over from Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma to merge with a majority of Sierra

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