While it is relatively easy to find good red wine for under $10, Pinot Noir presents a different animal. They are typically juiced up with Syrah or Petite Sirah to give them flavor and color, things most American red wine drinkers have come to expect when it comes to their definition of good. I’ve...
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In 1979, Guy Devaux was assigned the task to find a site to make sparkling wine. The winery he had worked for, Gold Seal Vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York, had been purchased by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons. They asked Guy to find a new location for making sparkling wines....
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Lately, I’m finding my preference in red wine choices to come from two places. The first is New Zealand, exclusively for the selection of value priced Pinot Noir. For a summer drinking red, the selections I’ve had so far are all quite nice. They aren’t super alcoholic, nor too syrupy as I sometimes find...
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We are now only one week away from the Atlanta Food Rave. You do have your tickets, right? Remember, this is a limited capacity event and there will be NO sales at the door, as the event stops selling tickets once it has reached capacity or at 3PM next Friday, August 27th, whichever comes...
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Hooded copper eyes, bold fruited cologne, rich flavored flesh: not sweet, not dry- but wet she is. No, I’m not quoting some romance novel. SIDE NOTE: I once read romance novels accounted for around 50% of all book sales. I wonder. I’m quoting the side panel on the latest offering I’ve tasted from L....
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