Social Vignerons reveals an exclusive interview with Martine Saunier, legendary wine importer, senior producer, and protagonist of the new film ‘A Year in Champagne.‘ Martine Saunier made a name for herself building a successful California-based wine importing business Martines Wines. Over the past 35 years, the Paris-born and Burgundy-raised…

Your complete and detailed infographic guide and explanations to the color of wine. If you’re interested in the chemistry and winemaking facts about what gives wine its color, scroll down a few paragraphs to the ‘what makes the color of the wine?’ section below. Let’s…

Update February 2018: The article and Top 20 Wine Influencers List below was published in January 2017, for a more recent list of Social Media wine personalities, follow the link below to the 2018 Top 40+ Wine Influencers List:   Update 20 Jan 2017: After the addition…

In every major wine-drinking country of the world, the bulk wine market is now an important part of the overall industry. In fact, the size of the bulk wine market is much bigger than it’s made out to be – even in countries such as…

On a quick road trip in Napa Valley earlier in August for the Wine Bloggers Conference #WBC16, I felt I had to stop by and see with my own eyes one of the most iconic Californian wineries. What is this wine whose 1973 vintage beat the…

Mobile apps exist to make your life easier and better. When it comes to wine, this can mean a few different things: learn more about wine, helping you chose better wine, record your tasting experiences, get a better deal/price for your plonk, find expert ratings,…

Tasting life in a bottle labelled as 2007 Domaine de Fouassier Sancerre Mélodie. When my second daughter Mélodie was born in 2011, my old Sancerre vigneron friend Thibault Roger sent me over to New Zealand a bottle of this local cuvee named like my baby,…

It’s Always Time for Wine… When you like wine, whether it’s #wineWednesday, #WineOclock, you’re drinking with friend, alone, or with you cat… Make No Excuses….

Score: 94/100 Score 94/100   The Comtes de Champagne Cuvée is without a doubt one of the most iconic Champagne sparkling wines from France you can buy, and it’s not the most expensive one at that! It is for sure the icon of Champagne Taittinger…

The variety in Italian wine is famously enormous. SOoo many different grape varieties made in different areas and villages. But the variety in Italian cheese is (almost surprisingly for a Frenchman like me) just as astonishing. There’s so many different wines and cheeses in Italy, that…