HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF – Wine Chips, the innovators behind the first gourmet chip made exclusively for wine pairing and wine snacking, today removed the velvet rope and widened access to its Private Reserve Club (PRC). Having been tested for months by thousands of the company’s most loyal customers, the Wine Chips limited edition flavors have been…
When I started writing this series of articles about the lighter wines Karen and I have been drinking recently, I hadn’t really thought that so many of them would be from Paso Robles. After all, Paso’s reputation [at least in my mind] is for big delicious Reds, and there certainly are a lot of those…
Once again, as I sometimes do, I get an invitation so remarkable I share the details with you. This is one of those times. Three cases of award-winning Italian wines to be tasted and reviewed over three zoom meetings in two weeks. This was literally the best two weeks I have spent over the last…
It’s one of those articles where the invite to a tasting is so delightful I just have to lead with it: On behalf of Hervé Gouin (Château Mouton Rothschild), Christian & Cherise Moueix (Ets. Jean-Pierre Moueix), Veronique Sanders (Château Haut-Bailly), Nicholas Glumineau (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande), Cathleen Burke Visscher (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou), and Jean-Phillippe…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) – A fascinating intersection of traditional hand-crafted American Whiskey and world-renowned French wines is on the horizon with the release of Coalition Whiskey – the first 100% Rye Whiskey finished in hand-selected Bordeaux wine barrels. Coalition Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey comes in three separate expressions: Finished in Margaux Barriques (barrels), Pauillac Barriques, and Sauternes Barriques….
Snobs are sure to dismiss Texas wines as wines made by local “Philistines”. They should note the Dave Phinney: Yeah THAT Dave Phinney who created the now legendary Orin Swift wines such as: The Prisoner, Saldo, Pappillon, Mercury Head, Machete, & D2…Phinney has made his statement that Texas can and does grow and produce world…
SEATTLE /PRNewswire/ — Precept Wine is proud to announce the launch of A.G. Perino Dry and Sweet Vermouths. Crafted by acclaimed winemaker, Hal Landvoigt, A.G. Perino is 15 years in the making. Inspired by late-night cocktails and conversation at a bar in Dusseldorf, Germany, Precept Founder and CEO Andrew Browne challenged Landvoigt to create a vermouth…
Got to try a sample from a new bakery in Awesometown, one that specializes in homemade cookies. Below is my review of their chocolate chip variety, and below that is their news release: Salt Sugar Flour Chocolate Chip Cookie Review Delivered to my door, the cookies from Salt Sugar Flour came in a nice white…
Another week, and another great opportunity for a Zoom meeting, this time with a winery in Italy, Chianti Classico to be exact: …Giovanni Mazzei debuts three new Chianti Classico Gran Selezione releases from Castello di Fonterutoli, the historic Tuscan estate where his family has been making wine for 24 generations. Castello di Fonterutoli’s vineyards are situated within…
ENCINO, Calif./PRNewswire/ — With the Holidays around the corner, Gelson’s is uncorking four new bottlings in its exclusive branded collection of Gelson’s Wines, all produced through its ongoing collaboration with one of their winemakers, Julien Fayard who was named 2016 “Winemaker of the Year” by Wine Spectrum. The four stellar wines will be available at…