This week is part one of a series on How to Read Wine Labels. We will start out with how to read an Old World wine label. There are some items that are “must haves” on each wine bottle label: Items such as type of wine, i.e. Cabernet, Burgundy, Merlot, etc. You will also find the alcohol level…
AOC, Bordeaux, Burgundy, French wine, how to read a wine label, Old World wine, VDP, VDQS, VDT
I have had a number of people ask me why I like wine so much and, not, other drinks. My situation is different than most people. For medical reasons, my doctors have told me not to drink beer or liquor, both of which in my younger years I enjoyed. They told me it was fine for me to drink red wine and that is pretty much what I have stuck to…
drinking wine, enjoying wine, wine for pleasure
I assume you all have heard about the terrible wild fires that have been and are currently burning throughout California. According to the National Interagency Fire Center and Wine-Searcher.com, so far this year 7,012,294 acres in the U.S. have been damaged or burned due to fires…
California wildfires, Glass Fire, Napa burning, smoke taint
I realize I have written a couple of blog articles in the past on Riesling. I have also recommended you continue to try Riesling wines and add some various bottles to your wine collection, all of which I still recommend. I was moving some wine from a wine refrigerator to my wine cellar and came across several bottles of Riesling…
2007 Toni Jost Riesling, Auslese, Beerenauslese, German wines, Kabinett, Riesling, Spatlese, Trocken, Trockenbeerenauslese
Over the past year I have occasionally poured a white Spanish wine called Albariño (alba-reen-yo) at our monthly LEX 530 Wine Club dinners. I have come to enjoy the wine, as have many our guests. Albariño is a white wine similar in some ways to a Sauvignon Blanc. The Albariño grape is a small green-skinned variety that is said to have originated on the North Atlantic Coast of Spain…
2018 Burgans Albariño, Albariño, California wildfires, Portuguese wines, smoke taint, Spanish wines, white wines
In my August 19, 2020, blog I discussed what’s referred to in the world of wine as “wine tasting descriptors.” These are the aromas and tastes you get when you smell or taste your wine. Today I want to discuss two more descriptors: vanilla and earthy. When we produce wine, we intentionally age the wine in oak barrels in order to add flavors and palate appeal to the wine…
aromas, earthy, flavors, tasting descriptors, vanilla