Wine News
Shangri-La Paris: when the gastronomic experience begins in the glass
Discover the wine lists of Maison Roland and Les Salons du Prince at Shangri-La Paris, from grower Champagnes and mature vintages to prestigious estates, wines by the glass and food pairings.
Arctic Barolo: the first Barolo aged beneath Norwegian waters resurfaces
After twelve months at a depth of 34 metres beneath Norway’s Arctic waters, 1,002 bottles of Rivetto Barolo 2021 resurface. Discover the Arctic Barolo experiment.
Bourgogne 2026: historically early harvest, highly promising musts
Bourgogne’s 2026 harvest began historically early, with lower volumes expected but rich, balanced musts showing remarkable aromatic purity and promising quality.
Gran Moraine
The company, the site, the style written by Erika Mantovan Gran Moraine is a California-based operation working in Oregon, whose ultimate owner is none other than Jackson Family Wines, the Santa Rosa group founded by Jess Jackson, who in 1974 bought an eighty-acre orchard in Northern California and in 1982 launched the first Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay. Today it is the ninth-largest wine producer in the United States, with forty
Ponzi Vineyards
As the climate shifts and old vines adapt, Maison Bollinger bets on an Oregon identity still waiting to be discovered written by Erika Mantovan There is a before and an after Bollinger’s acquisition of Ponzi Vineyards. And for anyone wondering whether the Champagne house plans to make sparkling wine in Oregon, the answer during our visit was a “no”: that was never the intention from the start. The aim of
Abbott Claim
the talent of the vineyard that gave the domaine its name written by Erika Mantovan From Abbott Claim’s plots, the gaze sweeps across vine-covered hills interspersed with woodland, until it meets the ridges of the Chehalem Mountains on the horizon. The 1,800-square-meter winery, completed in 2020, is dug into the hillside and follows its contours, almost disappearing into the landscape. Visits end in the barrel room, in an intimate atmosphere