“Not least among the excellent whites pouring forth from Italy is Soave, a name perhaps a little too well known for its own good. In a seemingly perverse twist of reverse snobbism, popular wines that have transcended to generic shorthand, like Sancerre, Soave and pinot grigio, get little respect because of their commercial success.” Eric Asimov at the New York Times is pleasantly surprised by Italian Soave.
Craving a wine vacation? Jameson Fink at Grape Collective takes a look at the Top 10 Wine Travel Destinations around the world.
In Wine Spectator, Robert Camuto takes a closer look at another top wine destination: Provence. “Provence spans a spectrum of terroirs in more than 20 wine appellations, from coastal Bandol and Cassis to the catchall Côtes de Provence to the Southern Rhône.”
As counterfeiting becomes rampant in the wine industry, Elin McCoy at Wine Searcher discusses how wineries are facing the challenge: “Security companies who’ve spent decades devising protections for pharmaceuticals and Gucci handbags are wooing the wine industry with overt and covert high-tech solutions that go way beyond early anti-fraud efforts.”
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