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,…
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Preview: The Wine Pairing Weekend Introduction To Skin-Contact White Wines #WinePW
On the second Saturday of each month, a group of bloggers who are passionate about pairing food and wine come together around a wine theme and share food pairings related to that theme. Our theme for May is Skin-Contact White Wines. A Type Of Wine By Any Other Name… Skin-contact wines (a.k.a “orange wines,” skin-fermented,” “macerated”,…
You’re Invited To A Wine Pairing Weekend Introduction To Skin-Contact White Wines #WinePW
Less than a decade ago, these distinctive wines came in like a fad, but their mystique and quality fueled a popularity that has gone far beyond the style’s initial champions
Caspri Luna Blu and Grilled Moroccan Chicken #ItalianFWT
Our Italian Food Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) has explored each of Italy’s twenty regions. Now, we taking deeper dive into Italy. This month we explore Italian “orange” (skin-fermented white) wines. I’m pairing the super natural and edgy 2012 Caspri Luna Blu IGT orange wine with Grilled Moroccan Chicken! What is Orange Wine? Essentially, orange wines…
Wine of the Week; 2011 Donkey and Goat Roussanne Stonecrusher
Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. For this week, my Wine Of The Week is the 2011 Donkey and Goat Roussanne Stonecrusher. Winery Donkey and Goat Winery is a family owned and operated urban winery located in Berkeley,…
Wine Words Demystified: Orange Wine
You know the deal; the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s term is Orange Wine… According to Ray Isle of Food & Wine magazine… “Orange wines“—a current favorite of hipster…