California Vineyard for Screaming Eagle wines

Screaming Eagle: The Original California Cult Wine

Napa Valleyā€™s Screaming Eagle produces less than 850 cases each year and has only been producing wine since the 1992 vintage, yet the wines command a price often reserved for classified growth Bordeaux and premier cru Burgundy. The scarcity and quality of the wine are part of the narrative, but
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A Passion for AlbariƱo

My first wine love will always be Bordeaux. It was my first wine country trip, and where I knew that wine was destined to be my lifeā€™s passion and even my career! Soon after though, my attention was drawn to Spain, and since then, Spanish wines are the ones Iā€™ve
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Whisky Barrels

How Much Does Cask Matter?

Main Flavours There are two main types of casks for maturing Scotch whisky. Ex-Bourbon casks, which make up around 90% of maturation casks in Scotland; and ex-Sherry casks, which make up around 7%. These two casks give very big differences in flavour. Ex Bourbon casks tend to give sweeter flavours
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Bourbon Tasting

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Letā€™s face it; some things are just better with time. More importantly, they get better with the perfect amount of time. This is undoubtedly true with curating an ideal wine cellar, but itā€™s imperative when creating a perfect Armagnac. Armagnac is a French Brandy from the Gascony region. Itā€™s produced
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Weller

Well, Well, Weller

I was recently invited to a dinner featuring a full vertical of Weller Bourbon, undeniably one of the most sought-after products from the Buffalo Trace distillery. Weller is a wheated Bourbon, sometimes referred to as a wheater. For most Bourbons, the majority grain in the mash bill is corn (by
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