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Halloween candy and Meldville wine pairings—What could be more fun?
Halloween is fast approaching, and this time of year inspires the child in all of us to indulge in some sweet treats! Why not try pairing these treats with wine to make it even better?
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Evolution–in the Barrel, in the Bottle, in the Glass … and in Your Club
You’ll find Opimian’s largest-ever Portuguese selection of wines in this Cellar. Nuno Ramilo and his trendy indigenous Portuguese grape varieties are returning for their sophomore year.
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Port and Madeira: The Essentials
All Madeira goes through a unique process of “estufagem”, or baking, either in warehouses’ attics or in vats, from months to years, creating its unmistakable caramelized note.
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Hook & Ladder Q&A
Since 2003, we’ve expanded our wines to single-vineyard bottlings of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, reserve wines called Third Alarm and our limited production wines called Four Rows.
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Making a Difference
The enjoyment of wine and spirits has always been about so much more than just how they taste. The most delightful of these sips engage us with their story.
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Vineyards, Bike Shorts and Antarctica: Dispatch from Charlotte Lemstra.
By Charlotte Lemstra, winemaker of Fleur de Charlotte wines Southern French vineyards, bike shorts, and Antarctica. You may wonder how do the three relate? Believe it or not, somehow, they do. Let me try to explain. Growing up, the cellar and vineyards of Château Canet were my playgrounds. Getting my hands dirty when…
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Q&A: Katie Jones
I have always loved France and from a very young age wanted to be French and live in France. Making wine was a way for me to really get to the heart of French life.
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Value with every page
As this is written, a busload of Opimian Members is visiting BLB Vignobles for their first stop in Languedoc-Roussillon, having spent time in beautiful Provence, Rhône, and Champagne.
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Languedoc-Roussillon: from Via Domitia to the Canal du Midi
By Jane Masters MW France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region is its largest wine-growing region. Following the arc of the Mediterranean coast, it spans from Provence and the Rhône valley in the east to the border with Spain to the west. Much of the area close to the coast between Montpellier, Sète, Beziers and Narbonne is…
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What Opimian has Meant to Me
As a Membership organization, you the Members are the raison d’être for Opimian’s existence.
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Bella Bolla
By Louise Wilson MW If there was an official sound of celebration, it surely must be the pop of a cork flying from a bottle of sparkling wine. Opimian Cellar 296 highlights two celebration-worthy Italian sparkling wines, Prosecco and Franciacorta. Let’s look at what factors contribute to their distinctive styles. As with all…
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Corsica, A Gourmet’s Paradise
Corsica, the Isle of Beauty, is a French island in the Mediterranean. You may be familiar with the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte, who proclaimed himself Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. But Corsica is also hiking heaven, a beach paradise, and very much a foodie’s wonderland. Corsican…
Halloween candy and Meldville wine pairings—What could be more fun?
Halloween is fast approaching, and this time of year inspires the child in all of us to indulge in some sweet treats! Why not try pairing these treats with wine to make it even better?