“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 […]
Organic Muscadet and must-have oysters (#Winophiles) Read More »
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
Dry or dryish, Hungarian Furmint is having a moment (#winePW) Read More »
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
Tasting Worden Hill Road Pinot Noir from Oregon’s Dundee Hills Read More »
2021 is the year of Spain for the World Wine Travel (#WorldWineTravel) group of virtual globe-hopping bloggers. Last month we visited the Castilian plains of north-central Spain where hot, dry summer heat bakes vines and winters can be brutally cold. Grab your raincoat and galoshes and say adios to this climate. We’re headed to Galicia,
Let’s travel virtually to ‘Green’ Spain this month (#WorldWineTravel) Read More »
From the day a colorfully festooned package arrived from Puglia or Apulia (pronounced “Pulia”), I’d been eagerly anticipating a deep dive into rosé wines from this southernmost Italian province. Rosé in Puglia? Yes! Best known for its powerful red wines, the heel of Italy’s “boot” also produces statement-making rosés. Italian rosé (rosato) actually started in
Puglia thinks pink with statement-making rosé wines Read More »
