Yearly Archives: 2015
SAVEUR Blog Award Finalist: Who Am I? How Did I Get Here?
Many of you know I’m a finalist for a SAVEUR Blog Award in the Best Wine Coverage category. YES! So stoked. But it raises a lot of questions. About me. Take the above photo, for example. What the hell is going on? Am I having a heart-to-heart with a bottle of rosé? (Highly probable.) Conjuring up [More]
Smoking Meat and Pairing Wine: BBQ Podcast II
NBD, just hanging with my friend Sean as he gets prepared to pull some pork with an intimidating-looking cordless drill attachment. It’s time to talk BBQ again via my Wine Without Worry podcast. I’m smoking meats and drinking wine with my Portland (Oregon) pals, Sean Martin and Mary Cressler. They are a husband-and-wife duo with a [More]
Fer Servadou For Certain: A Unique Red Wine Grape
Jeez, I’ve been on a roll with the obscure grapes, huh? If you liked hearing about Romorantin (who doesn’t?!?) but were hoping to discover something in a red also from France, get ready to be excited. As part of the Happy Dance Wine Club (real name) I received a bottle of 2012 Domaine Plageoles Braucol from the [More]
Weekend Wine Links: Corison Cabernet, Port Tongs, and Stray Cats
Pour yourself a glass and get up to speed on what’s caught my eye in the world of wine. Happy reading and drinking! One of the best wines I’ve had in the last few years was 2001 Corison Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard. (Out of magnum, no less!) If you’re ever in St. Helena, make [More]
Loire Valley White Wines: Underappreciated Regions
I love all things from this storied region, but especially Loire Valley white wines. From Muscadet to Sancerre and everything in between (hello, Vouvray!), it’s a part of the wine world where I first discovered my inner wine geek. But are there area of this special spot in France that could use a little more [More]
Get to Know Cabernet Franc at Taste Washington
How do you survive and thrive at an event like Taste Washington, happening this weekend (Saturday and Sunday…but there are also events Thursday and Friday) in Seattle? (BTW I’ll be there Saturday, sporting a media pass.) You walk in the door with a well-thought out plan of attack. Can you taste everything? No. Should you [More]
Weekend Wine Links: Hipster Deer, Artichokes, Volcanos
It’s time again for another round of Weekend Wine Links. Here’s what I’ve been perusing regarding all things on the internet relating to the fermented grape. Is this the world’s first wine-pouring hipster deer? Do you think I somewhat resemble this deer? The glasses, the sweater, the antlers. Well, maybe not that last part. Thou [More]
Two Recommended 2013 Sonoma Chardonnays
It’s California Chardonnay time again! Particularly a couple from the 2013 vintage in Sonoma. I was sent samples of both the J Vineyards Estate Grown (from the Russian River Valley section of Sonoma) and the Gundlach Bundschu Estate Vineyard, which hails from the Sonoma Coast. Both of these wines see time in oak barrels. To [More]
