I attended the 2016 Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association; Taste Our Terroir – The Quest For Pairing Excellence back in July. I intended to blog about it before now. You see how that went. What is Taste Our Terroir? Taste Our Terroir is Livermore Valley’s preeminent food and wine festival. The affair, held each July, spans four…
2012 Weingut Angerhof-Tschida Grüner Veltliner Eiswein
The 2012 Weingut Angerhof Tschida Grüner Veltliner Eiswein is an ice wine from the Burgenland region in Eastern Austria. Burgenland is Austria’s key red wine region ( the main grapes being Blaufrankisch and and Zweigelt). But sweet, primarily botrytized, wines are also a specialty of the region. This wine is a rarity. That’s because ice wine of Grüner Veltliner doesn’t often come…
2012 Rombauer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Stice Lane Vineyard
Fruit for this wine was sourced from the Rombauer Vineyards‘s estate Stice Lane Vineyard in the St. Helena AVA . A former river bed, the site’s gravel deposits provide ideal soils for growing concentrated full-bodied Cab. Sustainable farming practices were utilized throughout the growing season. The vineyard is Napa Green/Fish Friendly Farming certified….
A Taste of Grüner Veltliner; Old World and New World #winePW
Wine Pairing Weekend is a group of bloggers who are passionate about the way good wine enhances a meal. On the second Saturday of each month we come together to blog about a chosen food and wine pairing theme. The theme this month is Grüner Veltliner; In The Glass And At The Table. About Grüner Veltliner…
Wine Pairing Weekend Explores Grüner Veltliner; In The Glass And At The Table
David B. Crowley of Cooking Chat kicked-off Wine Pairing Weekend in June 2014. On the second Saturday of each month, a group of bloggers who are passionate about the way good wine enhances a meal come together to blog about a wine pairing they have done. Each month has a different Wine Pairing Weekend theme to…
A Taste of Murrieta’s Well #SnoothVT
Not too long ago, I participated in a virtual tasting of four wines from Livermore Valley‘s Murrieta’s Well. The tasting was organized and moderated by Snooth. Essentially the way a virtual tasting works is that select wine writers and bloggers are sent the same wines. Then, at the appointed time, we drink the same wines and…
Lodi Chronicles: Legendary Ancient Vine Bechthold Vineyard
There is one ancient vine vineyard – Bechthold Vineyard that stands apart from the rest. Last week, I shared with you that writing this blog for the last six years has led me to some unexpected opportunities. I’ve been a correspondent for the American Winery Guide, writing reviews of wineries, for a couple of years…
Wine Pairing Weekend To Explores Grüner Veltliner #WinePW
Get ready to explore Grüner Veltliner for the next Wine Pairing Weekend (#WinePW), coming September 10th! Many moons ago, when I first because seriously interested in wine, Grüner Veltliner (Velt-LEEN-er) was trending. While the wine had been consumed in Austria forever, it didn’t gain favor in the international market until 2002. That year Jancis Robinson,…
Chillable Summertime Red Wines
Writing this blog for the last six years has led me to some unexpected opportunities. I’ve been a correspondent for the American Winery Guide, writing reviews of wineries for a couple of years. I’ve been sharing those reviews on this blog via my “No Reservations Wine Tasting” posts. I’ve also been doing some writing…
2015 Bodega Garzón Albariño
Uruguay’s Bodega Garzón sustainably farms 524 acres of vineyards planted to thin, rocky granitic soils, and cooled by breezes from the Atlantic, which is only 11 miles away. The grapes were hand-picked, whole cluster pressed, and raised in stainless steel on lees for six months. The wine pours a pale lemon green color with appealing…