Tasting Rioja With Aging Eyes #WorldWineTravel
I have asserted for years that just as there is a terroir that effects the grapes used to make wine, there is a terroir of wine tasting as well.
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Wine Tasting Terroir
I have asserted for years that just as there is a terroir that effects the grapes used to make wine, there is a terroir of wine tasting as well.
Red Mountain AVA Part Two: On the Farm
Red Mountain AVA Part One: What was I thinking?
Young Guns of Mendocino County
Fetzer winery hosted a few of us wine bloggers at their Bonterra Vineyard as part of an excursion before the Wine Blogger Conference (WBC17), and allowed us to meet some of the wine makers from Mendocino County in an event called the Inner Mendo Odyssey Panel. We started with a tour of the Bonterra, […]
Let’s be Clear: Good Wines are Good Wines, Period.
I just finished re-reading an article entitled, “Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period”, written by Eric Asimov. If you don’t know, Eric is the wine critic for the New York Times. I had to re-read his article a couple of times to begin to understand what point, or rather points, he […]
Is drinking wine one secret to a happy marriage?
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 […]
Ava Winery – a Startup
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, […]