We are all Children of the Grape.
I had the opportunity to visit Lisbon Portugal a few weeks ago and knew before I even took off what I was going to do while I was there. I had to taste their wines. Anyone who knows me is not shocked by this statement. Lisbon is an interesting city, I was really pleased with […]
Have you ever felt lost trying to “score” wine? Ever get lost in all of those graphs and charts? Us Too! So we created something easy to remember and easy to use. Here’s how it works, just think I’m lost. LOST. That stands for Look, overall, smell, and taste. Each of these is scored on […]
I don’t know about you other Children of the Grape, but I love wine tasting. I especially love wine tasting at small boutique wineries. There may be a hundred reasons why I prefer the smaller independent wineries, the atmosphere, the experience, the one I really love is finding a unique taste. There is so much […]
I read an article by Mari A. Schaefer titled “Is drinking wine one secret to a happy marriage?”. This article was based on a recent report in The Journals of Gerontology. The gist of the story is that couples that drink wine together are happier. Duh. Who isn’t happier with wine? Let me see if […]
“I was known on my Law School mock trial team as the person who always brought the best dish to our pot luck dinners,” Ryan Levy, winemaker for Nice Winery joked, “I’ve always loved to cook. While the other kids were outside playing, I was watching Wok with Yan… I loved that show and how […]
What is a winery? It is defined as an establishment where wine is made, and wine is defined as an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. So can you make wine without grapes? Yes, says Ava Winery, a San Francisco startup who is looking to make a synthetic wine by combining water, flavor compounds, […]
That May day in 1976, a magical day for Americans and American wines. That day we had two wines, a California Chardonnays and a California Cabernet Sauvignon that were selected as winners in a blind taste test by French wine experts. That day we proved we could make a copy of a French wine good […]
When asked why he chose to open an Urban Winery, Zane Mumford, Co-owner and Co-winemaker of Négociant Winery, said, “Growing sucks. Farming is hard, and I wanted the ability to create wine that could express itself, without carrying the risk of growing the grapes myself.” “When I was doing research for my business plan [on […]
“We are selling an experience” Jonny Dyer, a manager at Tastings, a wine bar located in the Conrad hotel in downtown Indianapolis explained. “We have more than 200 different wines in stock and 72 of them are available by taste or by the glass from our state of the art self-service dispensing machines. This allows […]
“Go ahead, count the number of truly unique new world wine flavor profiles, I bet you can do it on two hands.” Eric Van Drunen, President and winemaker of Vinavanti Winery challenged me. It wasn’t really a challenge, as we were in the middle of a deep discussion that I think defined the why. Why […]