This week’s virtual trip around the world of sparklers takes me back to France, specifically the Languedoc-Roussillon region that is renowned for great quality-price ration (“QPR”) wines. I must confess that, so far, I’ve only enjoyed Crémants (as sparkling wines produced in France, but outside of Champagne are known) from the region. The Crémant de…
Tag: Chardonnay
Sonoma in the City Recap…
Is there such a thing as too much wine?…Yes, it’s called Sonoma in the City!
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – Great QPR Sparkling Rosé from S. Africa!
My virtual trip around the wide world of sparklers continues this week with a sparkler from Graham Beck of South Africa, which has over a three-hundred year history of grape growing. Although, until relatively recently, most of the grapes were used to make cheap distilled spirits, or grape juice concentrate of which South Africa is…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – 2005 Nigl Brut de Brut
Have you tried Austrian Sparkling Wine?
Chardonnay Lovers Rejoice!
Chardonnay Lovers Rejoice…Chardonnay Day is a week away!
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – Taltarni Brut Taché
How about a terrific sparkling wine from Australia?
Valentine’s Day Weekend Starter – A Taste of Schramsberg Sparkling Wines!
Great start to V-Day weekend – Tasting flight of Schramsberg Sparkling Wines
How To Start A Wine Tasting Club
A year ago today, on the last Friday in January, we held the first meeting our neighborhood wine tasting club, the Pacific Point Wine Tasting Club (“PPWTC”). It’s been a great year, that after a slow start, has exceeded our expectations. We’ve got a great nucleus of members, which is frequently supplemented by our friends and…
Thanksgiving, Wine and You!
What wines to pair with your Thanksgiving meal
And the winner is…
For the September bi-monthly meeting of the Pacific Point Wine Tasting Club, we blind tasted 10 sparkling wines. It was a fun evening filled with lots of sparkling wine, food, and we learned a thing or two about sparkling wine in the process! The sparkling wines were geographically diverse. While half of the wines were…