This month the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers will be exploring Petite Sirah and Petite Sirah wine and food pairing. Our host this month is Wendy of A Day In The Life On A Farm. About Petite Sirah (“P.S.”) For the uninitiated, here’s a quick 411 on Petite Sirah (“Peh-teet sear-ah”) Created by in France by François Durif,…
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Wine of the Week; 2016 Bokisch Vineyards Reserva Spanish Blend
Lured by the promise of a delectable wine and cheese experience, my wife and I recently spent a lovely afternoon at Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi. As expected, the wine and cheese experience was wonderful (head over to the IG account for the details). Inspired by the quality of the wine and cheese pairing experience, we…
Wine of the Week: 2019 Sosie Cabernet Sauvignon Charlie Smith Vineyard
“Sonoma County has a history of producing cabernet sauvignon for much longer than pinot noir,” Matthew Kaner, Sommelier What’s the first California wine appellation that comes to mind when you think of Cabernet Sauvignon? I’d bet dollars to donuts it’s the Napa Valley! And rightfully so! It’s diverse soils, microclimates, and elevations make Napa Valley…
A Taste of Feudi Di San Gregorio Campania White Wines #ItalianFWT
I have often told anyone who will listen, that if I could only drink white wine from one country, it would be Italy! I love the remarkable combination of diverse indigenous grape varieties, and unique terroirs offered by Italian white wines. They are vibrant and fresh, and often accented with very appealing minerality or savory…
Wine of the Week: 2016 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva
More often than not, my WOTW is a wine that I’m crushing on because of its combination of structure, deliciousness and food friendliness. Sometimes, I chose a WOTW based on the aforementioned factors, and because the wine evokes memorable experience the for one reason or another. That’s the case with the 2016 La Rioja Alta…
Wines of the Week: Two Terrific Syrahs for International Syrah Day
Syrah first appears in the historical record in 1781 outside the Rhone village of Tain-l’Hermitage, Tablas Creek Vineyard In honor of International Syrah Day, I’m sharing two terrific Syrah cellar selections. History of Syrah Syrah is one of the oldest established grape varietals in the Côtes du Rhône region of southern France, and the sixth-most-planted…
Wine of the Week: 2011 Ridge Petit Verdot Torre Ranch
This week’s Wine of the Week is a cellar selection that’s been resting peacefully my cellar since 2014. According the Ridge, 2011 is the first time Ridge bottled Petit Verdot as a mono-varietal wine. (Note: Ridge also bottled Petit Verdot as a mono-varietal wine in 2012, but none since then) Bottle note: “For twenty-one of…
An Unconventional Style of Primitivo – 2020 Produttori Di Manduria Electric Bee Primitivo #ItalianFWT
This month the Italian Food, Wine and Travel group’s continues its virtual tour of Italy with a visit to Puglia. Lynn of Savor the Harvest is our host this month (read her invitation post here) About Puglia Puglia is located on the eastern shores of southern Italy, in what is often referred to as the…
Wine of the Week: 2020 Quinta da Fonte Souto
This week’s Wine of the Week is a terrific white blend from one of Portugal’s leading wine companies – Symington Family Estates. 2020 Quinta da Fonte Souto Disclosure: Wine provided as a media sample. No other compensation was involved. All opinions are mine. This wine is a blend of 75% Arinto/25% Verdelho. 60% of the blend…
2019 Palazzo Tronconi ‘Fregellae’ + Cicchetti #WinePW
Italy has the world’s richest variety of individual wine styles, distinctive terroirs and indigenous grape varieties The World Atlas of Wine, 7th Edition The mission for the Wine Pairing Weekend group of writers month? Find a bottle of wine made from a grape variety you haven’t tried before. Even for a wine geek like me,…