Category: Reviews
Kemah Boardwalk Wine Fest – Live Blogging
Chocolate and Beer? You Betcha!
Another Wine Blogger: Step into Beau’s Barrel Room
Beau Carufel calls wine ‘Liquid Art.’ We met Beau in June at the Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Washington. Beau was sitting in Wine Blogging 101 attempting to gather pearls of wisdom from the learned panelists while random audio from a concurrent session kept inserting itself into the conversation. Gotta love technology.
Continue readingGreat Wines for Labor Day: New Age from Argentina
These refreshing spritzers are all the rage with the jet setters and hip crowd in Argentina. Refreshing and low in alcohol, these are the perfect wines to accompany dancing on the patio or sunning by the pool. They also make a great addition to the end of summer Labor Day cook-out!
Continue readingWine Review: Alexandria Nicole Cellars Quarry Butte
Speaking of White Wine: Olson Ogden Marsanne
Which Came First: Plavac or Zinfandel?
For at least two decards, it was thought that Plavac Mali was the ancestor, or Croatian counterpart of Zinfandel. Coincidentally, it is thought that Zinfandel arrived in California around 1852. And when, between 1890 and 1900 most of northern California’s vineyards were destroyed by phylloxera, Zinfandel was among the survivors.
Continue readingWho are you calling a Shameless Hussy?
At the tasting we met a delightful couple, Don and Judy Phelps, owners of “Hard Row to Hoe” Vineyards. They poured a refreshing Sangiovese Dry Rosé. And Judy told me the story behind the name. Seems that back in the late 1930s, there was a brothel located at Point Lovely.
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