Category Archives: Champagne

Vintage Champagne and Global Climate Change – James Melendez

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

I love sparkling wine, I love Champagne and, of course, j’adore vintage Champagne. I can never taste too often or too much and in this confessional I am a Brut Nature, Extra Brut and Blanc de Blanc aficionado. Sometimes content … Continue reading →

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December 2019 Wines – Sparkling Wine Edition – James Melendez

Posted on December 26, 2019 by

Sparkling wine is a big deal this time of year–US Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.  My experience as a national wine marketing manager for a large off-premise organization was an exercise in year-over-year predictable upticks. But sparkling wine…. a dear … Continue reading →

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August 2019 Wine Reviews -James Melendez

Posted on August 28, 2019 by

August was a very nice wine tasting month. I enjoyed the variation of tasting wines at Family Winemakers of California 2019 tasting in San Francisco Dog Patch district at the Midway.  I will be writing under a separate article later … Continue reading →

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This Week in Wine February 17, 2019 – James Melendez

Posted on February 23, 2019 by

January is a great month–slower than the remainder of the year.  I know that it is when I need to get my online learnings done, read all that I want to read because there will be no time for anything … Continue reading →

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January 2019 Wine Reviews – James Melendez

Posted on January 27, 2019 by

It is only January and yet wine tasting for this month is filled with white and reds from Washington, California, German, Turkey and France.  So far in the beginning of the year is slow and I hope it will continue … Continue reading →

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Thoughts Champagne/Sparkling Wine Glass – James Melendez

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

Of all wine glasses for either variety, region or style there is no more passion about design than that for sparkling wine.  Most people that I talk to about stemware for their preferences (not in the wine trade or media) … Continue reading →

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Results of The First JamesTheWineGuy Sparkling Wine Survey – James Melendez

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

First, thank you to all of those people who participated.  I realised in my writing that it was important to do a survey on wine.  I want more of my writing to not just always be based on the anecdotal … Continue reading →

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Many are Still Flummoxed by Chardonnay – James Melendez

Posted on October 4, 2017 by

Chardonnay is not like yesteryear’s Rosé.  In year’s past at either trade or consumer tasting Rosé was often passed up by fellow attendees.  Today I feel Chardonnay is in the same circumstance.   Chardonnay is the second most planted white wine next to Airén … Continue reading →

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Kaizen and Champagne – James Melendez

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

Kaizen loosely transliterated means ‘improvement’ or the literal transliteration is ‘change for better’ from the Japanese. I have been in the business world for quite some time and have found a fondness for Kaizen…. Who has ever said Kaizen and … Continue reading →

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Reims – A Gateway to Champagne – James Melendez

Posted on November 27, 2016 by

Reims looms large in my mind.  I have always been a fan of history and in awe of the historical record.  Reims for me is important in terms of French history and for the history of Champagne.  My pulse quicken … Continue reading →

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