Medium ruby color; strawberry, cherry, raspberry, cranberry, earth, oak spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
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Wood and wine 11-6-2024
Wine is an agricultural product. Hardly an earth-shattering revelation. But consider its scope. Not just wine vines, as essential as they may be, but in many cases—trees. Continue reading
Project M Wines Personify Oregon Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley AVA 2022
Medium ruby-purple color; cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, blackberry, blueberry, herbs, struck flint, baking spice, black tea on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Tasca d’Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Lamùri Nero d’Avola, Sicilia DOC 2020
Deep ruby color; black cherry, black plum, blackberry, balsamic vinegar, crushed rock minerality, vanilla, oak on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Bryn Mawr Vineyards Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2021
Deep gold color; pear, lemon-lime, tangerine, brioche, nutmeg spice, salted almonds, subtle oak spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Wine odds and ends 10-30-2024
Some facts and trivia to lighten your mood as we prepare for the horrors of “fall back” when the government gives back the imaginary hour it stole from us on the second Sunday in March. Continue reading
Quintessential Wines Matetic EQ Coastal Sauvignon Blanc, Valle de Casablanca, Chile 2020
Pale yellow color; citrus, lemon zest, mango, grapefruit, papaya, pineapple, fig, flowers, saline-minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Varvaglione Negromaro del Salento Collezione Privata Old Vines, Puglia IGT 2019
Deep ruby-purple color; black cherry, blackberry, black plum, liquorice, tobacco, toasted oak, spice, black pepper, balsamic on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Halloween and wine 10-23-2024
Halloween is next week, but if you are giving wine advice it’s best to give your audience some time to act on it. Continue reading
Cattleya The Initiation Syrah, Santa Lucia Highlands 2019
Deep purple color; candied strawberry, redcurrant, blackberry, cranberry, earth, meat, graphite, dark chocolate, violets on the nose and palate. Continue reading
