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Cellar’s Market | Justin Knock Master of Wine and Oeno’s Director of Wine Justin Knock shares what it’s like to buy and taste the world’s finest wines for a living – and three underrated labels youll want in your cellar Published: Saturday 8th May 2021 In association with Buying wine from the world’s greatest wine producers is a privilege and a pleasure, and we’re very fortunate to have this luxury. Tasting is a critical component of buying, but it requires a huge amount of experi...

New Names, New Wines from Napa As some readers know, I’ve only recently been able to dedicate more time to writing here on Vinography after a number of years being an entrepreneur and small business owner trying to squeeze in some wine writing around the edges. By virtue of that struggle for time, I have not exactly kept up with new developments in California wine at the level to which I aspite. There was a time that thanks to an endless parade of large public tastings, I was almost sure to h...

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April 01, 2021 Saint Helena, CA  – The best week in the Napa Valley wine business is back. The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) are excited to announce that registration for Premiere Napa Valley is open. For this year only, Premiere Napa Valley is scheduled for the week of June 1 with the grand finale on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Napa Valley winemakers craft their finest wines exclusively for Premiere Napa Valley, and they are excited to debut the elegant 2019 vintage at this year’s a...

Posted on February 19, 2021 NAPA VALLEY, February 2021 – Mayacamas, the renown Napa Valley winery on the slopes of Mount Veeder, is proud to announce the release of its 2019 Chardonnay and 2018 Merlot. Winemaker Braiden Albrecht and Consulting Winemaker Andy Erickson produced these wines with the continued commitment to employ classical techniques that are integral to the character of these varietals.  “Our team is dedicated to the consistency of Mayacamas legacy and it is with that hard w...

How Constellation Brands is Embracing Consumer Trends February 08, 2021 Robert Hanson is Constellation’s executive vice president and president Wine + Spirits Division, reporting to president and CEO Bill Newlands. Hanson joined the company in June 2019. He previously served as a member of Constellations Board of Directors from 2013-2019. Prior to assuming his position with the Wine + Spirits Division at Constellation, he was CEO at John Hardy Global Limited, the global luxury je...

Bill Davies’ new wines Bill Davies, drawing on his family history as part of the Schramsberg winery, has launched a new line of wines. Davies, the son of Jack and Jamie Davies who founded Schramsberg in the mid-1960s, makes Billy D, and Ramble wines sourced from Northern California vineyards at a custom-crush facility. Billy D wines include Mountain Barbera, French Colombard and Daydreamer Rosé. The logo, a billy goat, invokes Davies’s dedication to bucking old trends while creatin...

Alpha Omega Hires Winemaker Andy Erickson as Consultant Posted on January 31, 2021 RUTHERFORD, Calif. – Alpha Omega, a family-owned winery in the legendary Rutherford appellation of Napa Valley, is pleased to announce celebrated winemaker Andy Erickson as its new consulting winemaker. Erickson will work with one of Alpha Omega’s founding winemakers, Henrik Poulsen, who helped put Alpha Omega wines on the Napa Valley map. Alpha Omega Vintners Robin and Michelle Baggett have been friends with...

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illustration: Danielle Grinberg Screaming Eagle famously makes some of the most well-regarded, limited, and absolutely jaw-droppingly expensive wine in all of America. Owned today by billionaire Stan Kroenke, Screaming Eagle’s Sauvignon Blanc sells for over $5,000 a bottle on average, and currently has a waiting list that reportedly takes over a decade to ascend to the top of, simply to be allowed to purchase bottles from the mere 400 to 750 cases released per year. This remains such an achie...