As usual, we had a great turnout for our GOTN, to my surprise as we did our first white wine grape. I was very excited to see that there was a lot of enthusiasm and curiosity from the members of the group that normally would not venture outside of reds, myself included. Though Roussanne grapes…
Once again Grape Of The Night (GOTN) met, divided and conquered a fantastic wine varietal known as Cabernet Franc. I apologize for requesting a wine varietal that was close to nonexistent in our Valley. I was unaware of this and want to thank all of you who raided their cellars to leave a few bottles…
Once again we had a fantastic turnout which meant more wines to sample and compare. This month, the wine varietal selected was Tempranillo. This is one of my favorite wines that originated and is found in most parts of Spain. Tempranillo grapes were believed to have been brought to Spain by pilgrims during the Crusades…
Mourvèdre The Grape of the Night for the month of May was fantastic. Everyone pulled out all of the stops and brought some terrific examples of a very unique wine known as Mourvèdre. This wine originated in Spain and is also called mataro or monastrell. It is the principal black grape of the five appellations…
Once again we had a fantastic Grape of the Night adventure at Valencia Wine Company. The varietal for this adventure was Petite Sirah. I was corrected by many of my readers for posting the incorrect spelling. I am glad to see so many detail oriented readers in our group actually read what I write. Petite…
