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How does one wine lover go from disliking wine to adoring it? Follow her evocative journey! Head to WineSpectator.com/videovoting to check out all the finalists and vote on your favorite!

Jordan’s Director of Hospitality Nitsa Knoll offers a spring Easter dinner tablescape idea incorporating grass, eggs, a Bonsai tree pot and flowers. Also makes for a modern table centerpiece this spring and summer. https://winecountrytable.com/entertain/tablescapes/easter-egg-dinner-table-centerpiece-idea

Grape Grower and organic pioneer Charlie Barra discusses the move to ban all genetically modified plants in Mendocino County, California. Charlie owns and manages Barra of Mendocino and Girasole Vineyards, encompassing 200 acres of organically farmed grapes. Candid Wines is proud to represent the Barra’s in Illinois. For more videos, please visit www.askawinemaker.com and follow

I try the famous Glenfiddich 12 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Bottle Statistics: $77 AUD (Dan Murphys) 40% ABV 12 year Drink Score: Cost: 1 (Very Affordable.) Quality: 2 (Nice drink for some occasional variety.) Overall: Green (Generally keep some of these on hand.)

Using a sword is one way to open Champagne; just don’t try it at home. Armando Pizzuti, the master sabreur at Royal Plantation in Jamaica, demonstrates his technique. Explore Wine Spectator’s free newsletters: http://newsletters.winespectator.com/

Jean-Jacques Nadalie of Nadalie Cooperage in France makes a one-of-a-kind French oak wine barrel for Winemaker Rob Davis’s 40th harvest at Jordan Winery.

Winemaker and biodynamic farmer Francesco di Fillipis at Tenuta di Poggio in San Miniato Tuscany talks about the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms program and how he uses volunteers in the program for work at harvest and beyond. Ask a Winemaker sat down with Francesco in Chicago at Red and White Wines in 2013.

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Harvest is make-or-break time for the vintage and the weeks leading up to it are crucial. This is when Wine Spectator senior editor James Suckling caught up with winemakers around Tuscany to see how 2007 looks in Montalcino, Bolgheri and Chianti.

Director of Wine Greg Miller discusses the evolution of 2002 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley. This virtual tasting note should help customers determine when to drink this Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon vintage; Miller discusses how the growing season influenced the flavors, as well as the current taste profile, food pairing suggestions and optimal cellaring life (as

Dry farming, in viticultural terms, refers to growing grape vines with only natural rain fall and no water added. Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon talks about the differences in terms of wines between dry farmed and irrigated grapes. “if you can pull it off dry farming produces much more intensely flavored grapes smaller clusters smaller

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Bordeaux’s 2020 growing season was far from ideal. Estates with top terroirs and old vines handled the rainy spring and then hot, dry summer best. And this Pauillac estate hit a home run. The Château Pichon Baron Pauillac 2020 is Wine Spectator’s No. 8 Wine of 2023. https://top100.winespectator.com/

Executive Chef Todd Knoll and artisanal olive oil consultant Kevin Rogers conduct blending trials to create the master blend for Jordan 2009 Extra Virgin Olive Oil. In this video, they discuss olive oil making, the blending process and sensory analysis of EVOO. View blog post at: http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/02/creating-a-master-blend-2009-jordan-extra-virgin-olive-oil

Trocken is the German word for dry and means that a wine has little or no residual sugar. The concept is explained by Dr. Franz Werner Michel of the Weingut Domdechant Werner in the Rhengau. Dr. Michel was the long time head of the German Wine Institute and his estae has been a member of

It’s harvest in Piedmont and Pio Boffa, owner of the renowned Pio Cesare winery, is our guide. See grapes being picked, see wine being made–both with Italian style. Wine Spectator tasting coordinator Jo Cooke produced this video.

Director of Wine Greg Miller discusses the evolution of 1999 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County. This virtual tasting note should help customers determine when to drink this Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon vintage; Miller discusses how the growing season influenced the flavors, as well as the current taste profile, food pairing suggestions and optimal cellaring life (as

White in Tuscany can be made from a number of indigenous grapes. Here, Elisabetta Fagiuoli describes Vernaccia, “the red of the white wines”. Elisabetta makes Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG from pure Vernaccia grapes in a number of ways, which she describes here. Watch all of our videos with Elisabetta Fagiuoli of Sono Montenidoli: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_IT8MAAuNSt3FOajb3-cUsm