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Category Archives: Champagne
November 2020 Wine & Spirits Review
I reached my 3,000th video this month (November 2020) – It was never a grand plan to get to a certain number of videos. What began as an experiment became a core belief about wine reviewing. Words alone are not … Continue reading
Vintage Champagne and Global Climate Change – James Melendez
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
Posted in Champagne, Climate Change, Vintage
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December 2019 Wines – Sparkling Wine Edition – James Melendez
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
Posted in Cava, Champagne, Prosecco, Sparkling
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August 2019 Wine Reviews -James Melendez
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
Posted in Champagne, France, Grüner Veltliner, Sonoma Mountain, Viognier
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This Week in Wine February 17, 2019 – James Melendez
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
Posted in Champagne, Frappato, Sparkling, White Pinot Noir, Wine and Video, YouTube
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January 2019 Wine Reviews – James Melendez
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
Posted in Bordeaux, Champagne, Edna Valley, France, Germany, Napa Valley, Turkey, Washington State, Zinfandel
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Thoughts Champagne/Sparkling Wine Glass – James Melendez
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
Posted in Champagne, Prosecco, Wine Glasses
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Results of The First JamesTheWineGuy Sparkling Wine Survey – James Melendez
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
Posted in Cava, Champagne, Sparkling, Survey
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Many are Still Flummoxed by Chardonnay – James Melendez
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
Posted in Chablis, Champagne, Chardonnay
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