PM Spirits Brings A Couple New Navazos Palazzi Spanish Whiskies To Market
PM Spirits Brings A Couple New Navazos Palazzi Spanish Whiskies To Market
The love of sherry and whiskey brought two men together. Each gifted the other with a spirit, one a single cask cognac and the other an old Spanish brandy. As the story goes, the two men realized they both loved not only sherry, but fine spirits as well, and the pair decided they’d begin a project in which fine spirits would be aged in Sherry casks before being bottled unfiltered at cask strength.
It became a joint venture between Nicolas Palazzi and Eduardo Ojeda of Equipo Navazos, and they dubbed the brand Navazos Palazzi … Spanish malt and corn whiskies aged in Oloroso sherry casks.
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Jim Clendenen, Santa Barbara Winemaking Pioneer, Dies at 68
With exuberant charisma and relentless traveling, he promoted his label, Au Bon Climat, and the region as a wine hub.
Jim Clendenen in 2009 at his winery, Au Bon Climat. He had a striking leonine mane of hair well after long hair had gone out of fashion and a goatee long before goatees came back in style. His wines were similarly distinctive but never trendy.Credit.Monica Almeida/The New York Times
May 19, 2021Updated 2:57 p.m. ET
Jim Clendenen, a larger than life, globe-trotting winemaker who through the force of his flamboyant personality and the understated beauty of his wines helped put the Santa Barbara region on the map, died on Saturday at his home in Buellton, Calif. He was 68.
RIP Steven Spurrier: Losing a Gentleman of the Wine World
This morning the Academie du Vin Library issued a press release announcing the death of an icon in the wine world:
Steven Spurrier died, earlier today. He was at home, at Bride Valley, surrounded by family. Steven was a pioneer in wine – a visionary who never lost his passion for new projects, new discoveries and the world of wine. He will always be remembered for founding the Académie du Vin, the celebrated Judgement of Paris and in recent years, the Académie du Vin Library and, together with his wife Bella, the Bride Valley Vineyard in Dorset, England – as well as much else besides. He was also a hugely loved husband, father and grandfather. He will be sorely missed, not just by his immediate family and friends, but by people right across the world of wine. His enthusiasm and love of wine will live on through Bride Valley, the Académie du Vin Library, the relaunched Académie du Vin in Canada and through the work of