Category: Wine & Grapes

More wine descriptors and some cures: Continue reading →

More wine descriptors and some cures: Continue reading →

Today in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy computer-controlled drying fans are finishing their work or rustic straw mats are done cradling their bunches of grapes.
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Science shocker: pinot grapes are an army of clones. Continue reading →

Ruby color; black cherry, forest floor, plum, spice, meat, leather on rich nose; lush dark fruits, blackberry, dark cherry, sour cherry, cocoa, blackcurrant tang on the palate. Continue reading →

Rich gold-straw color with hints of green; green apple, flowers on the nose; apple, pear, citrus on the palate. Continue reading →

Cab or merlot—vino version of “Ginger or Mary Ann?” Continue reading →

New World. Old World. What’s with those wine categories? Continue reading →

Bordeaux and Burgundy: both French, both delicious, both wonderful, both so different. Continue reading →

Sauvignon blanc ranks as world class wine after once being associated with poorboy plonk or snooty French names no one understood. Long, strange journey.
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