Tag: Chenin Blanc

• Breaking Out of the Wine Rut – Fall White Wine Edition

  

  Rut – a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull or unproductive but is hard to change. Do you ever find yourself stuck in a rut? As humans we are creatures of habit. Habits such as teeth brushing, bed making, and exercise aid in discipline and self-care. But sometimes habits become ruts, leaving…

  Michelle Williams

  October 1, 2018

  Fall, white wine, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  2016 Adega Pazos de Lusco ‘Luscos’ Albariño Rias Baixas Spain, 2016 Bodegas Muriel Pazo Cilleiro Albariño Rias Baixas Spain, 2016 Count Karolyi Gruner Veltliner Pannon Hungary, 2016 Real Compania de Vinos Verdejo Vino de La Tierra de Castilla Spain, 2016 Tempos Vega Sicilia Oremus Mandolas Furmint Tokaji Hungary, 2017 Matetic Vineyards EQ ‘Coastal’ Sauvignon Blanc Casablanca Valley Chile, 2017 Nik Weis Urban Riesling Mosel Germany, 2017 Simonsig Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch South Africa, 2017 Troon Vineyard Riesling Applegate Valley Oregon, Albarino, Chenin Blanc, Furmint, Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Sherry, Tio Pepe Fino Jerez Sherry, white wine, wine, wine review, wine rut, wine tasting

• Loire Valley: A Treasure Map of Wine

  

  France’s Loire Valley is like a treasure map – beginning on the Atlantic coast near Nantes and meandering east to the hills of Auvergne in the heart of France. Because of its noteworthy architectural heritage in its historic towns, outstanding cultural landscape along the Loire River, monuments to bygone eras such as the Renaissance and…

  Michelle Williams

  August 30, 2018

  Loire Valley, Travel, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  #LoireLovers, 2016 Domaine Des Baumard Savennières France, 2017 Chateau de l’Eperonnière Rosé de Loire France, 2017 Domaine Lecomte Quincy France, 2017 Domaine Vigneau-Chevreau Cuvee Silex Vouvray France, Anjou-Samur, Centre-Loire, Chenin Blanc, Loire Valley, Loire Valley Wine, Nantais, Quincy, Sauvignon Blanc, Savennières, Touraine, Vouvray, wine, Wine 101, wine review, wine tasting

• Stepping Out of the White #Wine Rut

  

  Is there a difference between a rut and a routine? Let’s say you eat pizza every Friday night. Pizza is awesome! So is that a rut or a routine? What if you eat the exact same pizza from the same pizza place and drink the exact same bottle of wine with that pizza every Friday…

  Michelle Williams

  August 1, 2016

  Music, white wine, Wine

  Argyros Santorini 2014 Assyrtiko DO, Arneis, Assyrtiko, Austia, Chenin Blanc, Ducktails, Furmint, Furmint USA, Glatzer Gruner Veltliner 2014, Grüner Veltliner, Greece, Hungary, Italy, music, Pajzos Tokaj T Furmint 2014, Roero, Santorini, Secateurs Badenhorst Family Wines Chenin Blanc 2015, South Africa, Vietti Roero Arneis 2014 DOCG, white wine, wine, Wines of Austria, Wines of Greece, Wines of Hungary, Wines of South Africa

• Diving into Loire Valley #wine with #Winophiles: Anjou

  

  Diversity is the spice of life! I love the fact that our world is filled with diversity in cultures, races, and religion. I embrace diverse styles of music, cuisine, sports, books, hobbies, etc. Imagine if everything were the same, one color of hair for all people, or height or beliefs, or feelings. Boring! I believe…

  Michelle Williams

  April 16, 2016

  #Winophiles, Food, French Winophiles, Loire Valley, Music, Wine

  #Winophiles, Anjou, Barton & Guestier, Brut La Gaudrelle (NV), Château D’Epiré, Chenin Blanc, Chicago, Crémant de Loire, food, France, French Wine, French Winophiles, Loire Valley, Loire Valley Wine, music, Pinterest, recipes, Rosé D’Anjou, Savennières

• Celebrating Loire Valley #Wine

  

  Hhmmmm…. (to the tune of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer) You know Champagne and Alsace and Bordeaux and Languedoc; Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Beaujolais and Provence; but do you recall the most under-rated French wine region of all? Loire Valley wine region is as beautiful as can be, and if you ever saw it, you would…

  Michelle Williams

  December 23, 2015

  Food, France, French Wine, Loire Valley, Music, Wine, wine tasting

  2013, 2014, Barton & Guestier, Brut La Gaudrelle (NV), Cabernet Franc, Château D’Epiré, Chenin Blanc, Chinon, Crémant de Loire, Cuvée Silice, Cuvée Spéciale, food, France, Francis Blanchet, French Wine, holidays, Loire Valley, Loire Valley wines, Marc Bredif, music, Pouilly Fumé, Rosé D’Anjou, Sauvignon Blanc, Savennières, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, White Christmas, wine, Wine Enthusiast, wine tasting

• South African Wine is So Fine

  Recently WineTastic hosted another great tasting featuring wine from South Africa. WineTastic is owned by Terry Burney and offers a great variety of wine tastings and classes, as well as an awesome selection of wines for purchase by the bottle, glass or taste. As I have written in the past, WineTastic is one of our…

  Michelle Williams

  July 10, 2014

  Cabernet Sauvignon, Cape Classics, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Music, Red Wine Blend, Rose, South African Wine, Syrah, U2, Wine, Winetastic, Winetasting

  Cabernet Sauvignon, Cape Classics, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Fun, music, Red Blend, Rose, South African Wine, Syrah, U2, wine, Winelover, WineTastic