The World of Fine Wine

The World's Best Wine Lists winners' stories // The Pines Modern Steakhouse Food & Beverage Director Morgan Rhule on building an outstanding wine and spirits program in Southern California. What does Winning a WBWL award mean to you at The Pines Modern Steakhouse? Wining the North American regional title and earning a coveted spot on the World’s Best Spirits List is an honor for The Pines Modern Steakhouse. This recognition will continue to expose The Pines Modern Steakhouse to guests outside of Southern California so they can enjoy tastings, pours, and bottles previously only accessible to private collectors. See full story: https://lnkd.in/egk8SXKy #worldoffinewine #WBWLA24 #WorldsBestWineLists Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel

The World's Best Wine Lists winners' stories // OZEN RESERVE BOLIFUSHI Wine Director Nicolas Laguette on building an outstanding wine program in the Maldives. What are you trying to achieve with your list at THE OZEN COLLECTION? Everyone likes something different and so breadth is arguably the most important factor when it comes to designing a world-class wine list with all-inclusive operations in mind. We work tirelessly to ensure all our guests can enjoy traditional wines, commercial wines, terroir wines, rustic wines, and even discover new wines—that’s the key, luxury is in having the choice. See full story: https://lnkd.in/eaCGHFa6 #worldoffinewine #WBWLA24 #WorldsBestWineLists OZEN RESERVE BOLIFUSHI

The World's Best Wine Lists winners' stories // The Yeatman Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes on putting together a WBWL award-winning list in Porto. What do you feel is the biggest strength of The Yeatman list? The greatest strength of this list is the fact that it is eclectic and that we can find wines for the most varied types of customers, through the introduction of different wine styles and regions, with great depth of vintages, typical Portuguese grape varieties, and excellent price diversity. The range of wines on our wine list, together with the work of our team of sommeliers, is really what sets it apart. See full story: https://lnkd.in/eyVYEZtv #worldoffinewine #WBWLA24 #WorldsBestWineLists #theyeatmanhotel The Fladgate Partnership #winehotel #sommelier The Yeatman

At the table: Porchetta // Joanna Simon finds the best wines to pair with the globe-trotting Italian dish of rolled roast pork. Porchetta is one of an ever-increasing number of regional dishes that has gone, if not quite global, then certainly globe-trotting, a phenomenon to which Italian cuisine seems particularly inclined. 🍷 Link for full story https://bit.ly/4eAJr72 #WFWatthetable #editorspick⁠

Why Bastard? Wherefore beautiful? // Nick Ryan on the revival of a mythical vineyard in the Upper Yarra Valley. It’s as much a myth as it is a vineyard, this place they call Bastard Hill. You’d never find it unless you really went looking for it. 🍷 Link to learn more https://bit.ly/3Ctkehu #worldoffinewine #editorspick⁠

1994 Vintage and colheita Port: One for the ages // Axel Probst is bowled over by the quality of both bottle- and wood-aged Ports from a vintage that compares with some of the Douro’s very finest. Anyone who has had the privilege of tasting Vintage Port from the 1960s or earlier will agree that these are some of the best wines they have ever tasted. It speaks volumes, therefore, that the 1994 Vintage Ports have all the ingredients to follow in the footsteps of those great years. 🍷 Link to learn more https://bit.ly/3OeLfYQ #worldoffinewine #tastingnotes

Azerbaijan: A vinous reboot in the Caucasus // Paul White heads to an ancient corner of the vinous world to tell the surprising story of modern Azerbaijani wine. 🍷 Link to learn more https://bit.ly/3Z3iBju #worldoffinewine #editorspick⁠

Trás-os-Montes: Behind the mountains // The enormous potential of a vast but remote and previously neglected corner of northeastern Portugal is at last being uncovered. 🍷 Link to learn more https://bit.ly/40IIvdG #worldoffinewine #editorspick⁠ ⁠

The finest wines of Vinho Verde // From Alvarinho and Loureiro to Avesso and Alvarelhão, Sarah Ahmed picks out her favorite wines from Vinho Verde. 🍷 Link to learn more⁠ https://bit.ly/3Z2NowV #worldoffinewine #editorspick⁠

Vinho Verde: Another green world // The verdant corner of northwestern Portugal once known for cheap, fizzy whites has been transformed into one of Europe's most exciting wine regions. 🍷 Link to learn more⁠ https://bit.ly/3UNI3am #worldoffinewine #editorspick⁠