The Angle 33 Wine Thermal is a great way to store, chill, and serve wine. I received this product as a sample several months ago and used it almost daily all summer long to keep my wines at the appropriate serving temperature. I didn’t stop using it after summer though. Serving whites and rosé chilled to…
Tag: World of Wine
Wine of the Week; 2010 New Clairvaux Vineyard Petite Sirah
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 2010 New Clairvaux Vineyard Old Souls Block Petite Sirah The Winery The Abbey of New Clairvaux is the first Cistercian Monastery…
Wine of the Week: 2010 Carlisle Zinfandel Old Vines
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 2010 Carlisle Zinfandel Old Vines. Winery Carlisle Winery & Vineyards is a small Sonoma County based winery based in Santa Rosa. According…
Sparkling TGIF…2011 Yorkville Cellars Sparkling Malbec
My wife and I usually make it a point to drink sparkling wine on a weekly basis. It’s typically Friday night…thus “T.G.I.F. Bubbly” It’s a celebration of sort, to the end of the workweek. She get’s to drink and enjoy the bubbly, while I get to drink, enjoy and blog about it! This week’s sparkling…
Wine Words Demystified; Vin de Garde
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 Vin de garde… According to Oxford Dictionary Vin de garde is… Wine which will significantly improve in…
Wine of the Week; 2009 Tablas Creek Roussanne
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 2009 Tablas Creek Roussanne. The Winery Tablas Creek Vineyard (“TCV”) is probably the best-known of all Paso Robles wineries specializing in Rhone style wines….
Lodi Zinfandel Smackdown; Old Vines v. Not So Old Vines
The most recent gathering of the Pacific Pointe Wine Tasting Club featured a blind-tasting of Lodi Zinfandels. My wife, and I started the Pacific Pointe Wine Tasting Club in 2010. The club is going strong. We have a solid core group 8-10 tasters, and we’ve had as many as 25 tasters at our gatherings. The…
Wine of the Week: 2010 Campovida Zinfandel Chiarito Vineyard
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 2010 Campovida Zinfandel Chiarito Vineyard. The Winery Campovida is a family owned and operated certified organic farm and working vineyard located…
Wine of the Week: 2010 Dashe Cellars Todd Brothers Zinfandel
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 2010 Dashe Cellars Todd Brothers Zinfandel. The Winery Dashe Cellars, founded by Michael and Ann Dashe in 1996, is an…
The Best Wines For Fall Foods #SundaySupper
It’s official! Today is the first day of the Fall season. Fall has always been bittersweet for me. I’m definitely a Summer person. I adore the dry, warm weather and the longer days. But Fall is my second favorite season for two reasons. First, Indian Summer in California is quite nice (although it rained in…