Tag: Texas Sommelier Conference

• Is Old World vs New World Still Relevant?

  

  You cannot judge a book by its cover. Are you guilty at times of stereotyping? Making an assumption about someone or something based on your own misperceptions? I am guilty of this at times. How open-minded are you? Are you set in your understanding of things or are you willing to be proven wrong through […]

  Michelle Williams

  October 28, 2015

  Old World versus New World, TexSom, Wine, Winetasting

  Badenhorst Family “Secateurs” 2014 Chenin Blanc, Can Blau Cellars, Chateau Kirwan Grand Cru Classé 2011 Margaux, Flowers Sonoma Coast 2013 Pinot Noir, Kilikanoon Killerman’s Run 2013 Riesling, New World, Old World, Old World versus New World, Orin Swift Locations E, Savigny-Lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Peuillets 2011, Texas Sommelier Conference, TexSom, Wind Gap Sonoma Coast Syrah, wine, winetasting

• Exploring Wine making Choices with #MWWC

  

  Our lives are filled with choices. Do you chose to drink coffee or tea in the morning? If coffee do you chose to drink it with cream and sugar or black? What toppings do you chose to put on pizza? Do you chose action thriller movies or romantic comedies? Chances are if we were aware […]

  Michelle Williams

  September 14, 2015

  #MWWC, Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, Music, Texas Sommelier Conference, TexSom, Wine

  #MWWC, 2009 Bodegas del Palacio de Fefiñanes Albariño d Fefinane III Ano Rías Baixas DO, 2009 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder AVA, 2011 Copain Wines Pinot Noir Wentzel Vineyard Anderson Valley AVA, 2011 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Bechstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard, 2012 Gramercy Cellars Syrah Lagniappe Vineyard Columbia Valley AVA Washington, 2012 Hanzell Vineyards Chardonnay Sonoma Valley AVA, 2012 Owen Roe Syrah ‘Ex Umbris’ Columbia Valley AVA Washington, 2012 Patz & Hall Pinot Noir Cheoweth Ranch Vineyard Russian River Valley AVA Sonoma County, 2013 Maximin Grünhäuser Riesling Qualitätswein Trocken Ruwer Mosel, 2013 Morgan Winery Chardonnay Double L Vineyard, 2013 Rhyme Wine Cellars Vermentino Las Brisas Vineyard “His” Carneros AVA, 2013 Weingut Schloss leiser Riesling ‘SL’ Kabinett Prädikatswein Mosel, 2014 Bodegas del Palacio de Fefiñanes Albariño d Fefinane Rías Baixas DO, 2014 Rhyme Wine Cellars Vermentino Las Brisas Vineyard “Hers” Carneros AVA, brix, choices, de-stemming, Galcia, Germany, lees, malolactic fermentation, Mendocino County, Monterey County, Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, Napa Valley, oak usage, residual sugar, Santa Lucia Highlands, skin contact, Sonoma County, Spain, St. Helena AVA, Texas Sommelier Conference, TexSom, The Clash, whole cluster, wine, Wine 101, winemaking