Tag: wine review
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#Food & #Wine Pairing: Fall for Pedroncelli
Fall is here! It is my favorite time of year. All of the squashes, root vegetables, soups, and heartier meals elevate my excitement about cooking. It is also time once again to continue Pedroncelli’s 90th anniversary celebration with three wines, two limited edition for the celebration, and another mouth-watering recipe. So let’s fall for Pedroncelli!
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Snooth Article: The Real Scoop on Greek Wines
How well do you know Greek wines? How often do you drink Greek wines? I understand Greek wines are not part of many wine lovers regular wine consumption. It’s time to get to know Greek wines and my latest Snooth article will help! I’ve enlisted the expertise of sommelier and self-proclaimed “Greek wine and food…
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How Long Has It Been Since you’ve Had Kunde Wine? That’s Too Long!
Kunde Winery started with Louis Kunde in 1904. The historic vineyard was first planted in 1879, with cuttings from Chateaux Margaux and Chateau Lafite Rothschild. In its second century, the winery is still family owned and operated by the 4th and 5th generations. Maintaining a balance of their historic vineyards with modern winemaking techniques, the…
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Il Palagio: The Message in the Bottle is Delicious
Celebrity wines are becoming quite numerous, and they are often met with a mixed response. When the celebrity attaches their persona to the wine consumers often flock to the wine, wanting to determine for themselves whether or not it is a good wine. Critics tend to receive the wine with much more skepticism, after all…
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Celebrating the Wind with WindVane Wines
As winemaker for Freixenet USA’s Gloria Ferrer, Steven Urberg has years of success under his belt. Recognitions and accolades aside, embarking on a new wine project can be like starting over. However, for Steven embarking on his new project, WindVane, is like revisiting old friends.
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Riesling from Alsace Can Change Your Life
Unfortunately in 2017, nationality is a hot topic. But what if your nationality had changed multiple times in your lifetime? What if you lived with your parents in the same village your entire life without sharing their nationality, only the nationality of your grandparents? There are a handful of locations on our planet that have…
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It’s Time to Embrace Turkish Wine
Have do you feel about Turkish wine? For many wine consumers it is an intimidating question. Turkey is a complicated country. However, Turkey is also believed to be the origin of grape domestication, dating back to 9,000 BC! Turkish wines have hard to pronounce names but they are not hard to drink wines. With a…
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Crus Bourgeois: The Answer to Affordable Bordeaux
Do you enjoy wine travel? Many wine lovers enjoy traveling to wine regions all over the world. In the US, a visit to Napa Valley is not only a wine lover rite of passage, it is like wine Disney World for adults. Here is another question: Do you drink Bordeaux frequently? Or do you believe…
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Drink Texas Wine, Taste the Mediterranean
Crystal blue water, glistening golden sandy beaches, bronze bodies, and a kaleidoscope of flora and fauna. These are a few things that come to mind when I think of the Mediterranean. It is a tempered tropical region with some of the world’s best vacation destination. I live in Texas. Although I enjoy my great state…
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