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Gustavo and I got a lot of advice when we were starting out. One piece of advice was to stick to one varietal production. “Make a great Cabernet or a great Chardonnay and after 10 years, once you have established yourself, you can broaden your portfolio.” But Gustavo and I both believed strongly we could, […]

Mira Winery Proprietor Jim “Bear” Dyke, Jr. took to the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal to discuss the federal government’s halting of the Mira’s ocean-aging experiment in Charleston S.C., which involves eight cases of Aquaoir Rutherford Cabernet – a fraction of total production. Excerpts are below or the full Wall Street Journal Op-Ed […]

Great wines are alive. They are born of the grapes - which ferment into wine - which then ages in the barrel. And then ages in the bottle…and ages… and ages. Predicting how long anything will live is a difficult science. A quality wine is certain to have a degree of longevity depending on varietal. […]

Mira Winery’s pioneering Aquaoir experiment is spurring some innovation off the Coast of Finland. Decanter Magazine is reporting that "Veuve Clicquot has buried 300 bottles and 50 magnums of its Champagne in the Baltic Sea in an ageing experiment designed to commemorate the discovery of shipwrecked bottles in the same area in 2010.” Mira became […]

For those of you who are still searching around for the perfect Fathers Day present, look no further. Why not get the man in your life one of our Mira Wines Box Sets!   When shopping our box sets you get to choose from a variety of selections, and if you do not see what […]

Summer is here and have we got the perfect recipe and wine pairing to help kick it off in tasty style!  Who loves nothing more than a glass of cold crisp Chardonnay paired with a creamy helping of macaroni and cheese?  True, true, a macaroni and cheese worth its salt might not have the best […]

Mira Winery is pleased to offer a select few of our restaurant partners the opportunity to host a blind tasting of our ocean-aged wine (Aquaoir) and a Winemaker Chef pairing dinner.  The two events should be hosted in tandem, with the tasting followed by the dinner.  There are several stipulations we hope you will review […]

What we're doing will seem absolutely insane until it's not. And when it's not, a lot of other people might start doing the same.” Those are the words of Mira President Jim “Bear” Dyke, Jr. in an article that appeared this morning in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette examining the business side of ocean aging. About a year and […]

WWL Eyewitness Morning News in New Orleans, LA reports how Mira Winery "may have come across what could become a game changer for the wine industry." Click here to watch coverage of the retrieval featured on CBS This Morning.