Red Burgundy made from the Pinot Noir grape has long been an icon of the wine world. Wine-makers from every wine producing country have been entranced with the idea of producing wines of similar elegance and sophistication. Regions which have similar climatic conditions and soils have attempted to replicate the success of Burgundy, and have […]
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Chile and Argentina The biannual Opimian Offshore was in Chile this past November – the perfect opportunity to visit our Chilean suppliers and have presentations from our Argentinian ones. I was able to taste many of the wines on this Offering, and since Opimian has been with all these suppliers for many years now, I […]
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Aging wine in oak barrels is an important part of wine-making. Gaining an understanding of the role of oak in the taste (and cost) of wines was the goal of a morning I spent at Tonnellerie Nadalié in Chile last November during our Opimian trip. Oak is preferred for wine barrels over other woods because […]
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It’s early summer in Australia right now, and daytime highs across most of the continent will be in the 30s or high 20s. By any measure the country is a much warmer place than our province. If Australia was in the North Atlantic, it would be centred on a line between the Bahamas and Western Sahara, […]
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Steve Delaney
January 29, 2017
USA
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