Dry January is a convenient concept. It allows us to assuage the guilt we have about over-indulging during the Holidays – and during the rest of the year, for that matter. Every January, many people suddenly attempt to drink no alcohol at all for a whole month. For a variety
Spicy, fruity, and light, this is a well-priced Canadian treat. Clear light rye spices show on the nose, with raisins and dried orange peel from the port barrels. It is surprisingly light on the palate, leading with academia nuts and almonds, dried fruit - orange peel, cranberries, raisins, and black
Unless you hold a degree from Oxford or Cambridge, chances are your university drinking experiences did not extend to the consumption of vintage Ports sipped on fire-lit winter’s evenings as you pored over reference texts. Fine Ports, like youth, shouldn’t be wasted on the young getting wasted. But a word
I can’t tell you how many hundreds of wines I’ve tasted this year. Wait, that sounds snobby. In truth, I’m privileged to be able to sample and evaluate wines all around the world – and sometimes I even get to drink them. Evaluating wines in a region often leads to
When traveling throughout wine country, food and tasting experiences continue to pop up as a theme in tasting rooms around the world. But not all food and wine or tasting experiences are alike. From cheese and almonds to full course meals, standard bar tasting to a sit down private flight,
Taylor Fladgate CEO Adrian Bridge has the kind of resume that makes other resumes shuffle their feet sheepishly in a corner. He spent six years as an officer in The Queen’s Dragoon Guards after attending Sandhurst, Britain’s military academy, and then went on to six years running the U.S. equity
A 1950's Christmas in a bottle of wine, this wine has flavors and aromas that will take you back to your childhood, so stock up for the holidays. This single vintage tawny port offers up flavors of roasted hazelnuts, crème brûlée, sandalwood, spices, figs, and sweet pipe tobacco. This was