Well, all right, if you must have Chardonnay…
Experts keep urging us to venture further afield than our safe chardonnay. Well, here’s a South African that may well be worth the hunt…via South African WineNews
Experts keep urging us to venture further afield than our safe chardonnay. Well, here’s a South African that may well be worth the hunt…via South African WineNews
Though few of us in the US have heard of Mendoza, Argentina, more than 300,000 people attend the closing festivities of its annual grape harvest. Now considered the 8th wine capital of the world, Mendoza is most famous for its complex Malbec wines and stunning location in the Andean foothills. Its harvest takes place from…
In the heart of the Latin Quarter, in the heart of Paris, state of the art, yet old fashioned decor, lively yet cozy atmosphere, with all you need to make this your hang out during a short or long term stay in Paris. When opening his ‘Little Temple Bar’ in ‘rue de la soif’ (street…
Napa Valley’s First LEED Certified, Solar Powered Winery will open April 1, 2009. CADE Winery, PlumpJack’s Group newest Property will be LEED certified and dedicated to the production of world-class wines through environmentally conscious innovation. It is anticipated that CADE will be the first Gold LEED certified winery in California. As part of the state-of-the-art…
I posted earlier about wine geeks and the hyper-jargon they use to describe wines. Some people find snobs irritating. I actually find them to be a source of great entertainment. There is something of the optimist in the snob. They think that whatever their particular snobbery is about is worth spending all that effort pretending….
This just in… Austria’s most important native grape and its own white variety –– Gruner Veltliner – is being harvested now in the Diamond Mountain District of Napa Valley. This experiment is courtesy of Herr Rudy Von Strasser, noted winemaker and relative of the notable Eric de Rothschild,. He’s going to try to cultivate about…
If you don’t have a big fat expense account (or trust fund for that matter) it is nice to know that you can afford a nice glass of wine and it doesn’t have to cost you a fortune. The good news is that inexpensive wines are getting better and better… Via International Herald Tribune