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How To Design A Custom Wine Cellar For Your Home
Increasingly, oenophiles are choosing sleek, designed “wine rooms” that keep bottles cool and also show off cool collections. Like many rooms in the house that need an occasional tweak, your wine storage is an area that should be renewed for a number of reasons: better access to your bottles, to accommodate a growing inventory or update with new technology. But there’s another reason: giving your wine collection a place in your everyday life by integrating it into your living space. “What we’re seeing now—especially in new developments—are all these incredible wine rooms… Read More
Jay-Z’s Latest Champagne Blend Is His Most Expensive Yet
Once again, hip-hop artist Jay-Z is raising the bar for luxury in the wine industry. Five years after acquiring champagne brand Armand de Brignac, his third assemblage of Blanc de Noirs (A3) was released Sept. 5 with only 3,535 bottles, each priced at $1,000. Nicknamed Ace of Spades, the cuvée champagne was produced by 13th-generation champagne growers, headed by chef de cave Jean-Jacques Cattier, and made with only pinot noir grapes. Using predominantly a vintage from 2012, which is peaking now, Cattier calls it “an extraordinarily gourmet wine,” with aromas such as chocolate… Read More
Sarah Jessica Parker Tries on Wine
Sarah Jessica Parker is going all-in on her new wine: She has signed on as a shareholder with Invivo, and in May, personally select the blend for her 2019 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Wine Spectator spoke with her. When it was announced earlier this year that Sarah Jessica Parker was teaming up with New Zealand wine company Invivo to start her own label, the inevitable reaction was heard ’round the Internet: “SJP trades in Cosmos for wine!” But the star’s foray into the industry involves a lot more than on-screen sipping with girlfriends:… Read More
Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger celebrate Moraga Bel Air’s 30th anniversary
Elizabeth Jagger, from left, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall and husband Rupert Murdoch, Harvey Keitel and Daphne Kastner at a barbecue lunch to celebrate 30 years of Moraga Bel Air winery in Bel-Air. Murdoch and his wife were hosts of the afternoon gathering. (Frank Micelotta / Moraga Bel Air) Rupert Murdoch and Mick Jagger are part of one big, extended family. At Sunday’s 30th-anniversary gathering for the media tycoon’s Moraga Bel Air winery in Bel-Air, the Rolling Stones frontman, fresh from performing at the Rose Bowl, enjoyed a barbecue lunch with… Read More
How Winemakers Analyze pH and Its Impact on Wine
Measuring a wine’s pH provides clues to acidity and character, but it doesn’t tell you everything When presenting wines, winemakers will often mention their pH as an indication of character, to point out whether a particular cuvée is energetic and fresh or more smooth and ripe. But what does the pH number mean, exactly, and how can it be used to better understand wine? Acidity’s importance to wine cannot be understated, as it contributes freshness, acts as a preserving agent, and helps, notably, with microbial stability. Potential of hydrogen (pH) is one… Read More
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