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I'll be traveling Dec - Apr to Cancun, Riviera Maya, Yucatan, Belize & Ecuador. Would appreciate any leads on wine & wineries in the areas.
I'll be traveling Dec - Apr to Cancun, Riviera Maya, Yucatan, Belize & Ecuador. Would appreciate any leads on wine & wineries in the area.
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- About Me:
- I am a freelance travel journalist and photographer. A member of International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association. Contributor to several print and online publications including Luxury Avenue and LuxuryLatinAmerica.com. My website is http://TravelWritingAndPhotography.com .
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- Name your favorite wine or wine type:
- Meritage
- Most memorable experience around wine?
- tasting at Copper Canyon, Mexico
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A Surprise Summer Bargain in Bordeaux
A recent article from the WSJ.
* TASTINGS
* JULY 31, 2009
A Surprise Summer Bargain in Bordeaux
Once hyped, now overstocked, midrange 2005 vintage offers quality and promises long life
By DOROTHY J. GAITER AND JOHN BRECHER
Good wine stores are awash in 2005 Bordeaux. Remember 2005? It was yet another "vintage of the century." Prices on good Bordeaux-not just the famous first growths, but most of the well-known names-rose to ridiculous heights. Even regular folks on Main Street were somehow c… Continue
* TASTINGS
* JULY 31, 2009
A Surprise Summer Bargain in Bordeaux
Once hyped, now overstocked, midrange 2005 vintage offers quality and promises long life
By DOROTHY J. GAITER AND JOHN BRECHER
Good wine stores are awash in 2005 Bordeaux. Remember 2005? It was yet another "vintage of the century." Prices on good Bordeaux-not just the famous first growths, but most of the well-known names-rose to ridiculous heights. Even regular folks on Main Street were somehow c… Continue
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 1:07pm —
Toast of Taos - Taos Wine Festival - July 2-11, 2009
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:00am —
An Unusual Winery - Cerocahui, Chihuahua, Mexico
Photo © John Lamkin
Cerocahui, Mexico: Tarahumara Indians, Jesuits and Wine
Story and photos by John Lamkin
Bumping along 45 minutes of dirt road from the train station, through the wooded landscape, the forest opens to reveal the alpine-like valley of Cerocahu… Continue
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:00am —
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 5:10pm on February 6, 2010,
Sue Daniels said…
- John, Was in Ecuador recently. Great food, not much in wines. Most wine we had was from Chile! Enjoy the beautiful country. SD
- At 8:17am on October 24, 2009,
João Tavares de Pina said…
- Hello John,
Very nice to hear from you.,
Don’t forget to visit Dão region. Undisputedly, Dao’s star grape is Touriga Nacional. Recent DNA research confirms that Touriga originated in Dao, and didn’t move to Douro until the 19th century. Because of this, Touriga has its widest range of clonal diversity and varietal character in Dao. Ripening under cooler conditions, it takes on broader florals (violets, balsamic, bergamont and orange blossom are common descriptives), a finer structure and retains more natural acidity than elsewhere in Portugal. The fact that it consistently ripens at 12-13% alcohol testifies to its natural fit with Dao soils and weather.
Best
- At 3:34pm on October 23, 2009,
João Tavares de Pina said…
- Hi John,
Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also cold Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of tangerine and orange.
Portugal Dão region has the most gastronomic wines: fresh, intense, elegant with very nice acidity, made with autochthonous grapes from very particularly varieties.
Just try.
I am a producer in Portuguese Dão region, and I suggest you to taste an old Dão.
Just see what Paul White Thinks about as:
“So far, Portugal has managed to remain true to its traditions, while at the same time offering up a huge range of distinctive grape varieties and unusual wine styles precisely when many of us are tiring of endless New World makeovers of French varietals.
Dao has a lot going for it in that respect: first rate grape varieties firmly rooted in granite-based ‘terroir’ that sparkles back like diamonds, all this shaped by a growing season that’s relatively gentler and longer than other Portuguese regions. Although relatively unknown and sometimes tricky to pronounce, Dao’s red wines offer consumers genuinely new and exciting tasting experiences.”
Visit please our web-site, for now it’s just in Portuguese, but to see photos you don’t need any translation: www.quintadaboavista.eu
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best.
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