Last week’s Wine of the Week; Golden Hue of Curiosity explored how skin contact can transform white wine into something luminous and layered. This week, that curiosity continues along the rugged coast of South Africa with the 2022 Scions of Sinai Tekstur—a wine that’s as much about texture and place as it is about flavor…
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Wine of the Week: 2020 Vazisubani Estate 3 Qvevri
This week’s wine takes us to the Republic of Georgia, often called the birthplace of wine. The 2020 Vazisubani Estate 3 Qvevri Amber is a remarkable example of how history, culture, and craftsmanship come together in the glass. Made from three indigenous grapes—Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane, and Kisi—it’s crafted in qvevri, the large clay pots buried underground…
Wine of the Week: 2021 Jolie-Laide Trousseau Gris Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard
Each week, I spotlight a wine that truly stands out—whether for its singular character, compelling backstory, or the sheer joy it brings in the glass. This week’s pick: the 2021 Jolie-Laide Trousseau Gris from the Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley. I first tasted Jolie-Laide’s Trousseau Gris at the Seven % Solution tasting…
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,…
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…