What you can learn about wine by watching new manga-based TV series ‘Drops of God’

The new Apple TV+ show ‘Drops of God,’ loosely based on the hit manga series, provides another window into the world and vocabulary of wine. The average TV viewer might not know much about the world of high-end wine, but the creators behind new series “Drops of God” hope to change that in only eight episodes. Shot across Japan, France and Italy, the limited series now streaming on Apple TV+ is a trilingual drama cloaked in family intrigue, with wine-industry knowledge — how to sip, smell and begin to identify wine —… Read More

Wine and Food Pairing – Italian

Our friends at Bon Appetite provide another excellent educational take on pairing food and wine with a casual approach we hope you’ll enjoy. Our members love to learn about wine…We love wine!

Noble Rot, Explained: How the World’s Great Sweet Wines Are Created by a Finicky Grey Fungus

  Legendary sweet wines Sauternes and Tokaj both get their flavor from the grey fungus Botrytis cinerea, which concentrates a grape’s flavors and sugars Despite their bad reputation, mold, yeast, and fungus are responsible for some of the tastiest things in our lives, such as blue cheese, bread, pizza crust, soy sauce, miso, and of course mushrooms and truffles. As wine lovers, we can’t forget Botrytis cinerea, the grey mold known as Noble Rot that under the right circumstances can affect grape bunches to create ethereally sweet wines such as Sauternes, Tokaji… Read More

Los Angeles Boasts A ‘Secret’ Winery Estate

  Tucked in a residential neighborhood, in the shadow of The Getty, lies 14 acres of vineyards and a winery.   One of the biggest winemaking secrets in California can be found in Los Angeles. Tucked in a residential neighborhood, in the shadow of The Getty, lies 14 acres of vineyards and a winery. The Moraga Bel Air vineyards and winery, as its name suggests, is in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the vines grow in the Moraga Canyon of the Santa Monica Mountains. “It’s just a regular neighborhood,”… Read More

Happy Holidays to You and Yours!

To our cherished members, the wine lovers, the wine makers, the wine servers and all those many folks responsible for bringing the world gorgeous wines we enjoy…our warmest wishes…cheers!