WINE Effervescent Elegance: Kosher Champagne and Sparkling Wines December 12, 2024 With New Year’s Eve approaching, Champagne is on my mind. Champagne is often the wine that indicates celebrations, but increasingly, …
WINE Pacific Northwest Wine Country: Vancouver Island’s Cool-Climate Wines November 04, 2024 In recent years, the Vancouver Island GI* has risen as a player in the British Columbia wine scene with a …
WINE Valentine’s Day Pinot Heaven – Santa Lucia Highlands February 14, 2024 Red hearts, red roses, and red wine are three special ways to profess your love for that special someone. And …
WINE SipScout Delivers Two Great Holiday Meal Wines December 01, 2023 Wine Tasting Opportunity I just finished a delightful in-home wine tasting, compliments of my November SipScout membership tasting box. Suzanne …
WINE Two Classic Burgundian Varietals Ideal for Holidays November 29, 2023 Burgundy Wines Burgundy, the region of France that brought us such wines as Gamay (Beaujolais), Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Gris, …
WINE Fathers and Daughters Make Great Family Wine September 01, 2023 Generational Approach So, what do you get when you combine spectacular terroir, generational winemaking knowledge, and a desire to make …
WINE Exclusive Tastings in a Secret Garden June 06, 2023 Teachworth Carneros Pinot Noir (Photo by the brand) Teachworth Napa Valley In the early decades of commercial wine production, Napa …
WINE The Pinot Noir Tour That Comes To You February 22, 2023 Like most wine writers during the dog days of Covid, my standard winery visits morphed into Zoom wine tastings, and …
WINE TASTING NOTES: Bouchaine Vineyards 2019 Estate Pinot Noir and 2019 Estate Chardonnay December 02, 2022 Bouchaine Vineyards is the oldest continuously family-owned property in the Carneros AVA of Napa Valley. It was originally planted in …
WINE Tasting Notes: 2019 Rancho La Viña Pinot Noir and 2019 Radian Pinot Noir from Alma Rosa July 21, 2022 When I think of Alma Rosa Winery, I’m reminded of my first taste of its creations. During a trip to …
WINE A Few Glasses with Fiddlehead Cellars Founder Kathy Joseph May 16, 2022 Over Zoom, Kathy Joseph, owner of and winemaker for Fiddlehead Cellars, comes across as modest—self-effacing, even. My theory is she’s …
WINE TASTING NOTE: Ram’s Gate Bush Crispo Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018 April 06, 2022 I assume it’s news to no one that more California Pinot Noir producers than not have moved on from the …
WINE GIFT THIS! 2019 Hahn SLH Pinot Noir December 19, 2021 An ongoing gathering of the exquisite, fun, and hard-to-find— for the hard-to-buy-for friend on your list. Any wine from Monterey …
WINE POSTCARDS FROM FRANCE: A Dispatch from the Burgundy Event of the Year December 05, 2021 Dateline: Beaune, France Last Sunday was auction day in Beaune for the 161st Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction, one …
WINE TASTING NOTE: SIMI 2019 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley September 30, 2021 Picture a dewy morning in a strawberry field. The sun is gently peering out from behind the rising blanket of …
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