Pinot Grigio and the End of Summer

The end of summer is such a sad time. Okay, there’s football and cooler weather (break out the red wine!) and sundry other pleasures. But the waning daylight and loss of warm sunny days means that light, refreshing, brisk white wines will lose some of their appeal. So, quick, let’s drink them up while the [...]

Laurenz V Gruner Veltliner – Charming and Singing

Summer vacation come and gone.  With the heat wave that embraced us for the past month, I felt confident our readers would find something cool and refreshing during our writing hiatus.  I had the opportunity to share two white wines received as samples from Folio Wine Partners.  The wines were Austrian Gruner Veltliners made by [...]

Sommelier Jerry Lee: Robert Weil Reisling Spatlese

This week’s pick comes from Jerry Lee, wine director and sommelier at The Stonehouse restaurant at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.  I asked Jerry to recommend a bottle to pair with a first course (smoked duck and avocado spring roll with boursin cheeze and asian coleslaw) and a second course (Arctic Char with [...]

Drinking Begins at 10 a.m. at Wine Bloggers Event in Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, Wash.–Starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, the Wine Bloggers Conference began a tasting (still ongoing), offering dozens and dozens of wines from around the world. In just an hour, I have already sampled more fabulous wines that I can count. I stop drinking now to share thoughts on a few–listed in the order [...]

Reviews of Ten Sisters and Emblem

Last Friday the baby-sitter bailed on me last minute, so my plans to meet the WWP staff with wine samples at Charlie Palmer Steak (they offer free corkage on Fridays) were scratched. Plan B: When I informed my wine-loving neighbor Scott I had 3 bottles to review, he said he had 4 steaks to review [...]

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