Pale straw color; lemon, apple blossom on the nose; citrus, lemon, lime, minerality, brioche on the palate. Continue reading “Ram’s Gate Winery Blanc de Noirs, Carneros 2013”
Category: Facts About Wine
Variety and varietal
Wine terms: variety and varietal. What do they mean? Easy answer: variety is a noun. Varietal is an adjective. Continue reading “Variety and varietal”
Wine body
Wine body. What does “body” mean and how does it affect your appreciation of a wine? Continue reading “Wine body”
Brix
Wine grape growing is not nearly so simple as plant a vine and watch it grow. Continue reading “Brix”
Heat, light and wine
Wine is both tough and vulnerable. Handled correctly, some wines can remain fresh, even improve, for a century or more. Expose wine to heat and/or light, and you invite trouble. Continue reading “Heat, light and wine”
Cellaring wine
So, you are investigating a wine refrigerator or thinking about building a wine cellar. What do you look for? Continue reading “Cellaring wine”
COVID and wine
No debate 2020 has been annus horribilis. COVID-19 worldwide. Worst fires ever on West Coast. How has this horrid year affected the wine world? Continue reading “COVID and wine”
Vine stems
To destem or not to destem? Crushing wine world question. Continue reading “Vine stems”
Wine scores
Wine scores are ridiculous. They also are the reason for the increase in wine consumption the past 40 years. They are wine’s deal with the devil. Continue reading “Wine scores”
Champagne women
Champagne today is what it is because of women. Continue reading “Champagne women”