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2013 Michele Chiarlo Tortoniano Barolo

August 27, 2019August 29, 2019 Barolo, italianwine, michelechiarlo, wine

What a lovely bottle. This 2013 Michele Chiarlo is a wonderfully feminine expression of nebbiolo, drinking well at just 6 years of age. Tart red cherry and cranberry with herbs (fennel? definitely an anise note), big acid (almost sour candy acidity) and pretty well integrated tannins (big, but not harsh.)... Read More

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Drink Oregon – Wine Tasting Event

April 25, 2019April 28, 2019 chardonnay, granmoraine, oregon, pennerash, pinotgris, pinotnoir, syrah, willakenzie, zenacrown

Lovely tasting tonight Swirlery with the wonderful Eugenia Keegan! I like Oregon wines. No, let me correct that. I love Oregon wines. So much so, in fact, that I'm really excited to take my first trip out to Oregon wine country in just a month. But I digress, let's talk... Read More

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Arkenstone, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

April 23, 2019April 28, 2019 napavalley

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Arkenstone wines. I've visited the winery, walked the vineyards, and was so pleased to taste today in Orlando along with Jake Krausz, Estate Director. The 2015s are showing extremely well, from Sauvignon Blancs aged in oak with extensive time... Read More

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2013 Ao Yun – My First Chinese Wine

June 17, 2018June 8, 2019 cabernetsauvignon, Wine Bar George

Tonight was a first for me... wine from China. From the Yunnan province in Southern China on the edge of Himalayas, this Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc blend is grown at an elevation of 7000-8000 ft and was a pleasure to explore as I let it evolve in my glass. 2013... Read More

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Sparkling Wine Discoveries for the Summer

May 23, 2017

People love to ask me what wines I like. What are "good" wines? What should they be drinking? While all three of those are extremely personal and subjective questions, I am lucky enough to get to taste a lot of wine and I really enjoy giving suggestions to folks looking to... Read More

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Learn Your Wine Regions: Chablis

October 26, 2016

When I think about wine of place, wine that can't be made anywhere else, I think of Chablis. A subregion of Burgundy, the vineyards of Chablis actually sit closer to Champagne, a mere 20 miles away, than the rest of Burgundy around 60 miles southeast. That makes for a pretty darn... Read More

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Red Wine Grapes

August 22, 2016October 11, 2016

Red wines get their color from extended contact between the grape juice and their skins during maceration and fermentation. Red wine grapes look anywhere from purple to bluish to almost black while they are hanging on the vine, and it's the pigments in the grape skins and the amount of time that... Read More

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White Wine Grapes

August 19, 2016October 11, 2016

In truth, any grape can be used to make white wine. The color of wine comes from skin contact during the winemaking process, so if you press the grapes and separate the juice from the skin, the skin will impart no color. This is probably most famously done in the... Read More

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Ridge Monte Bello

June 25, 2016September 25, 2016

I have been hearing raves about Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello for as long as I have been drinking wine. I've heard Monte Bello spoken of as "America’s First Growth," representing the American example of a classic Bordeaux blend in which Cabernet Sauvignon is the primary grape. Year after year Monte Bello receives... Read More

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Rosé, the wine you should be drinking this summer and all year long!

June 22, 2016September 26, 2016

For many, many years, I stuck up my nose at pink wine. Rosé. The sweet stuff that so many of my girlfriends seemed to adore. I just didn't like it and assumed that all pink wine was bad. How very wrong I was. If I'm going to be honest, my mind... Read More