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What sets a great wine apart? It's a confluence of many factors, but the most important for me is elegance. This can be hard to describe, nuanced, as it's obviously not a specific flavor...

A vital and paramount way that Monarch stays ahead of the game is through our friendships with importers. I receive updates and reports on new producer discoveries from these wonderful...

I would call today's Chardonnay from the Jura downright Burgundian. It shares all the traits that make Burgundy the world's greatest expression of the grape, but by describing it as...

The dregs of summer are here and the cooler temps of Autumn are too far away. Thankfully, there's rosé to the rescue. Today's lip-smacking version comes from one of my...

Spain is the most exciting place in the wine world right now. It seems everybody who is currently involved in the industry is in awe of what is happening on...

A few years ago, a great friend and one of the smartest people I know (who has also been in the wine business as long as I have), described a...