VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: CapRock Sweet Tempranillo – An Old Technique with a Texas Twist Natural wine aficionado, Alice Feiring, said, “First time I had a well-made wine from carbonic maceration…I was pretty charmed. The wine was, as they say, gulpable, vin de soif stuff. There are times (and were times) when these mostly [...]
Another Bordeaux profile updated, with more detail on Malartic's history as well as current proprietors the Bonnie family, and revised vineyard information. New images too.
I continue my report on the 2010 Loire vintage with tasting notes on the wines of the Nantais and Anjou, Muscadet in the main. Also, some comments on Muscadet's current crisis.
Good value white Burgundy from the time when Nicolas Potel left Nicolas Potel...if you see what I mean.
The conclusion of my report on the 2010 Loire vintage. Here I round up a few Touraine opinions, along with my tasting notes for the Touraine appellations including Chinon, Vouvray and Montlouis, as well as the central region's Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.
I revisit to taste the 2009s again. Some show very well...and some do not.
From Les Secs to Quintessence; sec cuvées from 2009 and 2008, followed up by sweeter cuvées from a range of vintages, 2003 to 2007.
I taste the latest releases, from 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Notes on both young and mature wines.
I continue my report on the 2009 Loire vintage with tasting notes on the wines of the Nantais and Anjou, mainly the latter, featuring Domaines Cady, Forges, Rochelles and more.
The conclusion of my report on the 2009 Loire vintage. I continue with Touraine and the Central vineyards, including wines from Jacky Blot, Gaudrelle, Couly-Dutheil, Charles Joguet, Vincent Pinard and many more.
I taste vintages young and old, with Monique and Tessa Laroche, including two superlative sweet wines, Cuvée de l'Abbesse and Cuvée des Nonnes.
Tom Cannavan's picks: the white wines.
A vintage with Multiple Personality Disorder; I explain my thoughts, alongside my tasting notes on 11 wines.
VIDEO: GOTEXAN Twitter Tuesday Features Texas Winemaker Raymond Haak Please join us for the next GO TEXAN Twitter Tuesday on August 2 at 7 p.m. Our special guest is Raymond Haak, owner and winemaker for Haak Vineyards and Winery in Santa Fe, Texas (near you!). During the Twitter chat, Raymond will discuss this year’s Texas [...]Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News (TXwine, VAwine, WBC11 and Beyond) WBC11 Stats and Recap Aggregation Throughout the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC11), Virginia wines were showcased from regions throughout the Commonwealth. For those number-hungry Virginia wine fans and WBC’ers, below are a few Virginia wine statistics compiled by the Virginia Wine Board. [...]
Guest post written by my wife Elyse Well, actually, tickets to the Maryland Wine Festival have been available since July 18th, according to this Carroll County Times article from that date. It’s held every year in Westminster the third weekend of September: this year, the grounds are open 10-6 on September 17th and noon-6 on [...]
About a month ago, I had the distinct pleasure to attend a preview event for what promises to be the next big thing (pun intended) on the Maryland wine scene: Washington County’s Big Cork Vineyards, a collaboration between the Thompson family (of Thompson Gas fame) and Virginia wine all-star Dave Collins (formerly of Breaux Vineyards). [...]
Wild, Crazy and Fast-Paced Time for Texas Wine at The 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Virginia or…”@TinBarnVyds: We came. We poured. We sweated profusely. #wbc11 <- ” I imagine yesterday’s action here at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, was something like what Raymond Haak from Haak Vineyards and Winery told me [...]
Wine Bloggers Start your Engines – #WBC11 is #UpAndRunning #TXwine #VAwine #SocialNetworking #Twitter #Viognier #Tempranillo #Viviana It’s my first time back to the Wine Bloggers Conference since 2008, it’s inaugural year. Since then, this Twitter-thang has really grown up. In 2008, it was a shoestring operation with many of the events a free-form of discussion, [...]
, Another Wine Blog Because Another Wine , Food , Beer and Babble Blog would have been way too ing long Skip to content Home Best of AWB Reviews Food Cooking Recipes Contact Us Contact AWB Contact Amy Contact Joe Media PR Inquiries About About This Site About Amy About Joe RSS Feed Twitter StumbleUpon FaceBook You haven't drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the floor without holding on . Dean Martin July 22, 2011 East Bound Down , in Charlottesville for WBC11 Leave a comment Tweet Share Y esterday we left the sweltering heat of Houston in the morning , grabbed breakfast at the airport never a good idea and headed east to join our friends at the fourth annual North American Wine Bloggers . Conference Although we had a direct flight” Southwest Airlines really does ensure you are free
, , Another Wine Blog Because Another Wine , Food , Beer and Babble Blog would have been way too ing long Skip to content Home Best of AWB Reviews Food Cooking Recipes Contact Us Contact AWB Contact Amy Contact Joe Media PR Inquiries About About This Site About Amy About Joe RSS Feed Twitter StumbleUpon FaceBook Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady . It is possible . It can even be enjoyable . But it requires a bit of imagination . Andre Tchelistcheff July 20, 2011 Go West , Wine Lover , Go West Leave a comment Tweet Share S ome of our favorite wines come from the West Sonoma Coast . That’s why we are excited to be visiting Occidental , California for the West of the West Wine Festival on August 5th 7th . Hosted by the West Sonoma Coast Vintners , West of the West
At #WBC11 – Try Some Wines from The Other 46, Including Four from Texas One of the sessions at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, VA this week is “The Other 46 Tasting” to he held Friday night at 9-11 pm. Why is it called “The Other 46″? Well, there will be no [...]
My Wine Blogging Brethren, It’s Time to Taste Some Texas Wine at #WBC11…LIVE! In only two day, I’ll be flying away to join my wine blogging brethren at the 2011 North American Wine Blogger Conference (aka #WBC11) being held this year in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is my first time back to this “Blogfest of Wine” [...]
Another Wine Blog Because Another Wine , Food , Beer and Babble Blog would have been way too ing long Skip to content Home Best of AWB Reviews Food Cooking Recipes Contact Us Contact AWB Contact Amy Contact Joe Media PR Inquiries About About This Site About Amy About Joe RSS Feed Twitter StumbleUpon FaceBook If a life of wine , women and song becomes too much , give up the singing . Anonymous July 19, 2011 The Urban Sonoma Experience 2 Comments Tweet Share E ditor’s Note : Our friend Iris Neal Allen took a group of Urban Wineauxs to California last month for the Association of African American Vintners’ 7th Annual Symposium . Here is her account of the . event By now most people know that I have a real affinity for wine so much that I decided to get certified â twice and there are more
Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further How many times have you heard winery and/or vineyard reps say, “This vineyard location benefits from warm to hot days that develop strong fruit character, but also have cool nights that helps maintain acidity in the grapes”? It’s repeated, repeated [...]
When the Sun’s Going Down, Rainbow Lodge’s Pouring Texas Wine This past week in Houston, we really didn’t have any weather. We just had hot! I needed a break from the sizzle of the Houston outdoors. So, my wife and I and friends Jim and Lillian Skogsberg decided to pay a visit to a long [...]
Texas Department of Agriculture Identified Funding to Extend Viticulture Advisor Program By Dacota Haselwood, Chief Governmental Affairs Officer (from TWGGA Legislative News July 11, 2011) The Association (Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association – TWGGA) has just been notified formally that Commissioner Todd Staples has decided to address what many in the TWGGA leadership have [...]