Author name: Linda Whipple, CSW

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

Alois Lageder – Driven to create wines in harmony with nature (#ItalianFWT)

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Working with nature in the vineyard to keep soils healthy and continue to produce high-quality grapes. Experimenting with different techniques in the cellar to mitigate climate change. This is the dual path to sustainability chosen by Alois Lageder, a leading wine producer in Alto Adige. The Italian Food, Wine and Travel blogging group is focusing […]

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Velenosi wines showcase little-yet-mighty Le Marche

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If you’re lucky enough to take over the reins of a family wine business – whatever shape it’s in – you have a head start over your peers. Self-starters who lack this advantage face a steeper hill to climb. Now think about climbing that hill as a woman in a male-dominated industry. That’s the story

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Zooming into WA – land of big vineyards, small wineries

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Washington is the second largest premium wine producer in the United States (after California), and August is Washington Wine Month – two good reasons to begin tasting these wines now. But unless you’re a Washington wine enthusiast, you may not know that the state’s rainy reputation only applies to the area west of the Cascades.

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Funky Loire pét nat was born for goat cheese pizza (#Winophiles)

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OK, I admit it – I like off-beat, quirky, unusual wine (and some people and places, too). So naturally, I’m drawn to funky pét nat. “Pét nat” stands for pétillant naturel and refers to wine made in the Méthode Ancestrale (ancestral method). It’s a tricky business, really. The winemaker has to bottle and cap the

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Distinctively ‘laurel’ Vinho Verde delivers with seafood and salad (#WinePW)

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Have you ever poured a wine, plunged your nose in the glass, and asked, “What IS that?” All the time, right? But after a good bit of sniffing, you figure it out. “Hmmm, tree fruit. Peach, no wait, nectarine.” This time, when I opened a Vinho Verde made from 100% Loureiro grapes, I was stumped.

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