The them for this month’s Wine Pairing Weekend crew is “Pairing Wine and Cheese”. Here’s a link to our host Cam’s invitation post When it was time for me to start my “research” for this post, we happened to have some Cypress Grove Fog Light Goat Cheese in the fridge. I don’t know about you,…
Tag: Sauvignon Blanc
Surfing and Turfing with Livermore Valley Wines #WinePW
This month, the Wine Pairing Weekend (#winePW) group of wine and food bloggers is sampling Livermore Valley Wines and pairing with food. Disclosure: Wines were provided as a media samples. No other compensation was involved. All opinions are mine. Livermore Valley Wine At A Glance Livermore Valley has a long history of winemaking that dates back…
Two Stunning White Wines from Theorem Vineyards
Today, I’m thrilled to introduce to you to Theorem Vineyards, a relative newcomer to the Napa Valley wine scene. Not familiar with the name? Neither was I until I received tasting samples of the 2020 Theorem Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. And is it any wonder? There are around 500 unique physical bonded locations (a…
Wine Of The Day: 2019 Groth Vineyards and Winery Estate White
…this distinguished wine’s lively acidity, texture, weight and food friendly character make it a great four season white wine… In 1994, the Groth family replanted the Eastern side of their Oakville vineyard from Cabernet Sauvignon to Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, recognizing the potential of the clay soils there to produce white wines of great texture,…
Wine Of The Day: 2017 Rombauer Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
This delicious and very food friendly wine offers high QPR. More please! Introduced with the 2014 vintage, the Rombauer Vineyards Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc was their first new varietal wine introduced in more than 20 years, and only the second white wine in their long history. The fruit for this wine comes from four carefully…
Arrow&Branch: A Sterling Napa Valley Wine Tasting Experience
My wife and I feel blessed to be living the the Bay Area for many reasons, not the least of which is the our proximity to wine country. We live within a 90 minute drive to the Napa Valley, Sonoma, Livermore Valley, Lodi, and the Santa Cruz Mountains wine regions. Naturally, as wine lovers, we…
Wine Of The Day: 2016 Concha y Toro Sauvignon Blanc Terrunyo Los Boldos Vineyard Block 5
This wine shows an intensity and focus that is uncommon for Sauvignon Blanc in my experience. The most memorable Sauvignon Blanc of 2017…! Terrunyo means ‘terroir’ in Spanish. They are wines are made from very specific blocks within Concha y Toro’s best single estate vineyards, in which they have identified a unique and complex character…
Snooth Villa Maria Winemaker’s Collection Tasting #VillaMaria
Lucky me! I had the opportunity to do two Villa Maria Wine tastings in two weeks! The most recent was the Villa Maria Winemaker’s Collection facilitated by Snooth. Over the course of the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to do a few tweetups featuring Villa Maria, but the Snooth tasting was the deepest dive…
A Taste of Villa Maria; First Sip of Summer #FirstSipNZ
Villa Maria’s First Sip of Summer Earlier this week I was invited to participate in the Villa Maria First Sip of SummerTwitter virtual tasting. The “Tweet-Up” was an opportunity to be the first to taste the 2016 Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc available in the United States around August, and the 2015 Villa Maria Private Bin Bubbly Sauvignon…
S.R.Tonella Cellars 2014 Sauvignon Blanc
S.R. Tonella Cellars is a Napa Valley artisanal producer focused exclusively on the Rutherford appellation. Steve Tonella (read his bio here) is the proprietor. The winery is the culmination of over 100 continuous years in the wine business in Rutherford, Napa Valley. It all started with an earthquake. In 1906 after the great San Francisco earthquake, a…