Tag: Terroir
Exploring the Wines of Santa Barbara, California
The Santa Barbara County Vintners Association visited San Diego recently for a trade and media tasting featuring wines from 10 members, including wineries and wine families with more than one label. The vintners are on a...
Read MoreIn Search of Good Red Wine Blends — Traditional to Creative
One strategy for calibrating your palate is to taste wines made from the same varietal grape and decide on styles you like. This is best done blind, where a co-conspirator buys the wines and another puts them in numbered brown...
Read MoreValues in New World Pinot Noir
In seeking gastronomic relief from the high-alcohol fruit bombs attacking our palates from all over the world, we often turn to something more friendly with food – Pinot Noir. Wines from this fine red wine grape can be enjoyed...
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Syrah Smackdown: Appreciating a Sense of Place and Personality
The annual SommCon® conference provides sommelier-level education and training of wine...
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Fast Facts, Hints for Tasting Your Way through Bordeaux
For future French escapes, add Bordeaux to your itinerary. The city has blossomed in many ways....
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Beyond Malbec: Premium Wines from Valle de Uco, Mendoza
We’d read many recent articles about the evolution of the wine business in the Mendoza region of...
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World of Pinot Noir: Exploring Burgundy and Oregon Contrasts and Parallels
The non-profit World of Pinot Noir (WOPN) annual event is conceived to celebrate and educate...
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The Winofiles — a Few Favorite Books for the Wine Lovers on Your Gift List
If any of your wine drinking friends or relatives have expressed an interest in learning more...
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Aging Better Wines in Screw Top Closures — Research Continues
In reviewing current literature for an update on changing trends in the use of different wine...
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Willamette Valley: Escape to Pinot Noir, Nature, Fine Dining, UFOs
UT San Diego carried my travel piece on escaping to Portland and the Willamette Valley. Enjoy new...
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East Side Adventures in Paso Robles — Wine, Sculptures, Parties on the Backroads
The challenge with plotting your wine adventures around Paso Robles is narrowing the field from...
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Santa Lucia Highlands: Cool Place for Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
When identifying the key elements that make fine Pinot Noir anywhere in the world, growers and producers of the best wines tend to start with enraptured discussions of their sense of place ??? the spot in the world, region, vineyard, hillside and …
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