Opimian’s annual USA offering has always featured some very good wines and this one looks to follow the tradition. Finishing the ordering year with a second chance at some good Spanish values is a nice bonus. The combination of pricier wines, the US dollar, and living in one of the highest wine markup jurisdictions makes […]
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Earlier this summer I participated in two nights of tastings of Scotch Whisky. I won’t often write about non-wine events and tastings, but spirits which engage and please the senses, such as Scotch, Cognac, Calvados, Spanish brandy, and aged rums, will be exceptions. These two tasting occasions were lead by Marcio Ramos, Luxury Brand Ambassador […]
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July 30, 2017
Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, Opimian Society, Other Countries, Portugal, South Africa
July has been a wonderful month for eating outdoors and sipping wines into the evening. We’ve taken maximum advantage, sometimes on our own and sometimes with friends. The barbecue has been busy! I am catching up on my postings on this rare rainy day by documenting some of our recent bottles. Italy has been a […]
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Languedoc-Roussillon Opimian’s offerings from Languedoc-Roussillon are some of my favourite purchases, not only because they are inexpensive, but they are simply great drinking wines. I have placed many orders on this offering over the years and will pass on my experiences and preferences, based on my own tastes of course! That being said, two new suppliers […]
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International Canadian Blended (ICB) wines have very little to do with Canada. Some of them are in fact 100% foreign fruit while others have a minority percentage of Canadian grapes in the bottle. So why do they carry the “Canadian” label? ICB wines, formerly known as Cellared in Canada wines, are the means by which […]
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Bordeaux, Bergerac, Beaujolais, & Australia This year at Opimian has seen the introduction of several new suppliers on each Offering as the scope of the offerings has been expanded. C250 has a few new suppliers as well, but is mainly a showcase for some of our oldest and most reliable partners. I have enjoyed many wines […]
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Other New Zealand Wine Regions We are blessed with a generous selection of wines from the Marlborough wine region of New Zealand. Or to put it another way, we don’t have much of an opportunity to try anything else! 80% of local selections are from Marlborough, and almost every white wine is from that region. […]
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Castilla – La Mancha Wine Region Spain is one of the world’s top three producers of wine. Although many fine wines of good reputation are produced in the country, it lags behind France and Italy (and perhaps others) in the perception of the quality of its products. The region of Castilla – La Mancha has […]
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Italy, Germany, Austria Half the suppliers and almost two-thirds of the wines in Opimian’s most recent catalog are new this year! I usually post my observations (based on my taste preferences) from previous vintages or visits/tastings with suppliers as another source of buying information for Opimian members. With all these new selections, my comments will […]
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Malbec from Argentina is a common item on liquor store shelves. As unremarkable as that is now, just a score of years ago wines from Argentina were not available here, and the Malbec grape was practically unknown. Argentina’s wine industry at that time was just in the process of converting from serving its huge domestic […]
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Steve Delaney
August 25, 2017
Opimian Society, Spain, USA
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