Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley kick off this harvest season with a positive forecast amidst California’s ongoing drought. HEALDSBURG, Calif. – AUGUST 18 – Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley (WDCV) expect the 2015 winegrape harvest to yield exceptional quality fruit in smaller quantities than the last three vintages, which were larger than normal throughout most…
St. Louis, MO – St. Louis-based Wine Educator, Mike Ward, excitedly announced this morning the launch of his website, Wardonwine.com. Designed to help people find a wine they appreciate, pair that wine with food, and help them enjoy that wine to the fullest, Wardonwine.com was developed with the mission of ‘Pairing wine with people.’ Utilizing…
Recently I was thrilled to meet one of my Facebook wine friends in real life: Carmen Russo. We both attended Kirk and Nicole Stinson’s 4th of July party and met, don’t you know, over wine. I had brought a couple of “picnic” wines, a French Rose and New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, while Carmen brought wine…
Claiborne & Churchill Winery founder, Claiborne Thompson, ponders Riesling’s history and many merits San Luis Obispo, CA – For over 30 years, Claiborne & Churchill Winery in California’s Edna Valley has quietly produced one of the most dependably delicious Dry Rieslings this side of Alsace, France. Always erudite, educational and entertaining, C&C founding winemaker Claiborne…
In looking at new ways to help wine 101ers learn about wine I remembered that in the weeks I was studying for my WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) test I asked the other students to my home for some group study meetings. During one of those sessions one woman had found a really cool…
Threat or opportunity for producers? Changes in the Earth’s climate will bring about changes in the taste and production of wines with some calling it a ‘grape-ocalypse’ as traditional growing areas are lost, it’s been predicted. Whether global warming is man-made or a natural phenomenon or a combination of the two, vine growers are already…
Unlike Eve Bushman, my esteemed publisher, editor, friend and business associate, who approaches all varietals equally and without prejudice, I can unashamedly say that the Rhone grapes, along with my guilty pleasure Zinfandel, hit my palate right in its sweet spot more often than any other wines. And every year I am amazed that, as…
Oh, that elusive reference wine drinkers make to “terroir” sets my wine 101 readers to wonder…what the heck is this person trying to say with that one word? Short answer: Everything that went into getting that grape to become that wine. According to the Oxford Dictionary, terroir is “The complete natural environment in which a…
The label on a wine bottle tells you the vintage year, which is also the year that the grapes were harvested. What the label doesn’t tell you is what happened that year and why you should choose one year over another. For example, we are in a drought right now which we may not remember…
Rocca Family Vineyards is proud to be named the Napa Valley Organic Winery of The Year at the prestigious 2014 New York International Wine Competition. “This award is especially meaningful to us,” says winemaker Paul Colantuoni, “as our organic farming practices speak to the very heart of our winemaking philosophy at Rocca.buy red viagra online…
