Winery/Producer: Tablas Creek Vineyard. Appellation: Paso Robles, California Tasting Room and Location: 9339 Adelaida Road Paso Robles, California Tel. 805 237-1231 Grape Variety Tasted: Six […]
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Wine Tasting: Turley Wine Cellars, Paso Robles Tasting Room
Winery/Producer: Turley Wine Cellars. Appellation: Paso Robles, Atlas Peak and Napa Valley, California Tasting Room and Location: 2900 Vineyard Drive Templeton, California Tel. 805 434-1030 […]
Wine Tasting: Ridge Vineyards, Monte Bello Estate
Winery/Producer: Ridge Vineyards, Monte Bello. Appellation: Northern Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Tasting Room and Location: 17100 Monte bello Road Cupertino, California Tel. 408 867-3233 Grape […]
Mini Judgement of Paris Wine Tasting: A Great Theme for a Wine Tasting Party
Because we go back-and-forth between North Carolina and California our wine drinking changes between “New World” California wines (when we are in California) and “Old […]
Rhone Blend wine tasting dinner: A great dinner-party format
Vicky and I love drinking multiple wines blind and side-by-side while trying to identify what grapes their from and the region where they were produced. […]
Bordeaux wine tasting dinner: A great dinner-party format
Recently we had the opportunity to host a Bordeaux wine tasting dinner that included white, red and Sauternes for eight pretty serious wine drinkers. The […]
Comparison Tasting: Apothic Red, Menage a Tros California Red and Cupcake Red Velvet
In a recent post by the Wine Curmudgen titled Has sweet red wine taken over the U.S. market? he describes the enormous growth in sweet […]
Wine Tasting: Six Chinese Wines from the Changyu Winery
While on the Queen Mary 2 for a world cruise we had a unique opportunity to attend an on board wine tasting of Chinese wines […]
Wine Tasting: Pereira D’Oliveira, Funchal, Madeira Portugal
Winery/Producer: Luis D’Oliveira, Pereira D’Oliveira. Appellation: The Portuguese Island of Madeira, located 400 miles off the coast of Morocco. Tasting Room and Location: Pereira D’Oliveira […]
Wine Tasting: Beau Constantia Vineyard; Cape Town, South Africa
Winery/Producer: Beau Constantia Vineyard. Appellation: The Constantia wine region is located on the southeastern slopes of the mountains separating the city of Cape Town from […]