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Texas Viognier Is Tasted Against California and France – And Comes Out The Winner
by ANDREW JOHN CHALK
Recently sixteen Texas Viognier wines went head to head competing with each other, two California Viognier wines and a Viognier from the modern home of the grape, Condrieu, France in a blind taste test judged by seven professional sommeliers. The result, Texas wines took the top six spots. The full…
Performance Anxiety: What to do When You're Handed a Wine List
by Chain Bridge Cellars
If your friends know you're a wine lover, we're pretty sure this scenario is one you've experienced. You and your closest friends or family members have gathered at a swank restaurant to celebrate someone's birthday or anniversary. Everyone's ready to eat and drink something delicious, and that festive sense of…
Fine Wine Italian Style: The Beauty Of Italian Wine
by Joseph Stephens
Fine wine often brings to mind images of French rolling hills and elegant dinners; however, Italy's twenty regions bring to the pallet an array of fine wines for your dining pleasure.Italian wine making enjoys tradition rich in both modern and rustic methods, although much of the country's wineries now employ…
Three California Winemakers to Know:
by Mark Aselstine
California is known for creating rock stars out of our winemakers. It’s a strange phenomenon to much of the rest of the world, but many wine drinkers can name off a single winemaker’s multiple projects without much thought-as opposed to a vineyard specific mindset that is seen elsewhere. Anyway, that…
France, Roussillon: three winemaker profiles
by Richard Mark James
Jean-Louis Denois, Saint Paul de FenouilletThere's a lot of talk about "low or no sulphite" wines, and enough examples out there to remind us why most winemakers DON'T go down this more challenging route (sulphur dioxide and related additives are basically used as anti-bacterial agent, anti-oxidant and preservative). Jean-Louis Denois,…
New Zealand: Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir
by Richard Mark James
New Zealand winemakers are well known for their lively expressive Sauvignon Blanc wines and Chardonnays too made in different styles (fresh & fruity, rich and toasty, somewhere in between...). So it makes sense that other 'aromatic' white varieties are coming to the fore in cool climate New Zealand wine country…
Passport to Dry Creek Valley 2013, a Recap
by John Cesano
When you have to eat your words, use a Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel to wash them down.Recently, I wrote that while the Passport to Dry Creek Valley is the big daddy of wine events, Hopland Passport is the better value.I’m a little jaded, I work for what I think is…
Coro Mendocino 10th Anniversary Release Party
by John Cesano
One of the biggest differences between winemaking in Europe and the United States is that wine made in Europe is made following a protocol established by and for the geographically identifiable area the wine is made in, while wine made in the United States is made with near complete freedom.A…
