I have just come off an amazing few days in Napa and Sonoma. It wasn’t amazing just because these are beautiful places and there were great wines (all true). It was remarkable because over the past two years a group of people that were complete strangers to me are now a second family to me,…
Hurricane Party Wine
“Why don’t you come upstairs on Saturday? We have bottled water, candles and salami and I just bought a bunch of Italian wines for my Veneto study.” On Wednesday I had done a blind tasting of Italian wines at the Vin Master which inspired me to skip several chapters in the Certified Specialist of Wine…
Frost on the Grapes
O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow. Make the day seem to us less brief. Hearts…
Rico Suave
“Swah-vay, like Rico Suave” she said correcting my pronunciation of the Italian Veneto region’s Soave denominazione di origine controllata (DOC). This is primarily the Garganega grape, Chardonnay and Trebbiano di Soave are allowed to play as long as 70% is Garganega. These white wines strike me as smoother and more elegant (not official wine terminology)…
NC Wine?
“Would you consider us better than Napa, equal to, or…? I was so impressed at the boldness of Lana’s question – and I’m happy to say that my answer wasn’t lip service – the wines we tasted are comparable to young vines of Napa and some of the Italian wines I’ve tried. Maybe 10 years…
Summer Whites
I know we’re rapidly approaching fall and everyone is screaming “PUMPKIN SPICE” but here in the South it continues to be 90+ degrees everyday,
What’s a CSW?
In March I was about to elope, but I had a very important conversation I needed to have before I went.
Embark!
“UGH” [standing in front of massive shelf of wine at grocery store/wine shop/Total Wine/Costco] Is this how you feel? Wanting to buy a good bottle of wine, not spend more than $20 and know that you’re going to like it, but overwhelmed by the sheer volume (and lack of insight) to all these bottles in…
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