The Appellation of Origin Protection in Mexico is called NOM... that sounds delicio...
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Wine Review: Vindemia Estate Winery 2012 Syrah
Don't fear the computer printed label on the bottle. This wine hasn't even been released yet so that sample label isn't what will be on the commercially sold ones.
Vindemia Estate Winery is a small, family owned winery in the southern California winemaking region of Temecula Valley. From what I understand, they make some really good wines and are recommended by many as...
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Spirit Review: St. George California Reserve Lot No. 2014 Apple Brandy
Late one night I was studying the brandy section of the Society of Wine Educator's Certified Specialist of Spirits Study Guide. When my hand needed a break from taking my overly detailed notes, I picked up my iPad, went to the YouTube app and searched for simply "how brandy is made".
This is what I found... http://youtu.be/coSov_Lx8yU
And that was it. I...
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Society grows great...
Forget old men planting trees! Society grows great when men make brandy whose full potential they shall never tas...
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Wine Review: Domaine La Tour Boisee 2013 Plantation 1905
Minervois. It reminds of the Deftones' song Minerva. But rather than being a Roman Goddess or a rockin' tune, it's a rockin' AOC in southern France's Languedoc-Roussillon.
The cool thing about Languedoc-Roussillon is that it's kinda the wild west south of France. Sure, there's rules and regulations but they're less like what you see from the Old World and more...
Sunday, March 8, 2015
What the heck is Baco 22A???
Baco 22A is not the freeway exit that unloads you going east on Baco Ave. It's not a complicated diagram in a text book. And it's not a hip new DJ. Honestly, the first thing I thought of when I saw the name was Experiment 626, AKA Stitch from Disney's Lilo & Stitch. I have a four year old. Don't question my thought process.
But Baco 22A is a grape. And it...
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Wine Review: Laurenz V und Sophie 2013 Singing Grüner Veltliner
Laurenz Maria Moser V is from a long line of Austrian winemakers and in 2004 he decided to devote his winemaking skills entirely to the native Austrian white grape Grüner Veltliner. He now produces seven different versions, and two of them he collaborates with his daughters.
He makes Singing with Sophie. It's mostly from the gravelly soils of the Kremstal region...
Sunday, March 1, 2015
March Wine Pick: Marques de Casa Concha 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon
This WINE PICK of the month was written for the Luke's of Cape Cod website.
Marques de Casa Concha is one of the many labels by the Chilean wine producing beast Concha y Toro. All of the wines under the Marques label are single vineyard, estate-owned and of limited production.
The Cabernet Sauvignon is from the Demoninacion de Origen of Puente Alto, the coolest...
