Author name: Linda Whipple, CSW

Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW). WSET 3 Advanced with merit. Grateful for the grape and all things growing.

5 things that might surprise you about Rías Baixas, home of Albariño (#WorldWineTravel)

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I thought I knew Albariño, the crisp signature white wine from the Rías Baixas (pronounced “REE-ahs BI-shas”) region of Galicia, on the northwest coast of Spain. But then I hopped on a virtual bus tour that stopped at three wineries in the region. Whoa – was I surprised! On Saturday 4/24, I’m hosting as the […]

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Ready for the rain in Spain? We’re heading to Galicia! (#WorldWineTravel)

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2021 is the year of Spain for the World Wine Travel (#WorldWineTravel) group of globe-hopping wine and food bloggers. Last month we visited the high plains of north-central Spain where hot, dry summer heat bakes the grapevines and winters can be brutally cold. Say adios to this climate. You’ll need a raincoat and galoshes for

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Organic Muscadet and must-have oysters (#Winophiles)

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“You must pair this wine with oysters,” Carol insists as she hands over an organic Muscadet Sèvre et Maine from the lower Loire Valley of France. OK, I don’t recall whether those were her exact words, but the message was crystal clear. Carol is the owner of a small local wine shop that specializes in

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Dry or dryish, Hungarian Furmint is having a moment (#winePW)

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Scan the wine labels on grocery shelves or small retail shops and the usual suspects will catch your eye: exports from the leading wine-producing countries – France, Italy, Spain – as well as a smattering of bottles from the so-called “new world” (North and South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand). There’s another category these

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Tasting Worden Hill Road Pinot Noir from Oregon’s Dundee Hills

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Daffodils were opening and the earliest flowering trees were just starting to bloom in Oregon’s Dundee Hills when the spouse steered our Subaru Outback onto Worden Hill Road. Spring, warm and sunny, had sprung at last, and the northern Willamette Valley was already hopping with travelers despite Covid restrictions still in place. Our destination was

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