The Rhône wine region of France is a house divided. To the north, compact vineyards lie along both sides of the Rhone river in a narrow, steep-sided strip of land only 40 miles long. In the south, vineyards fan out from the river across a comparatively broad plain. The north is cool. The south is […]
Crozes-Hermitage: A gateway to northern Rhône wine (#Winophiles) Read More »
Is Greek winemaking ancient? Is it new? If you answered “both,” you’d be correct. Greek winemaking dates back at least 4,000 years and left its mark throughout the Mediterranean world during ancient times. Greek wine was especially prized in Italy under the Roman Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wine). In the Middle Ages, however, Ottoman rulers placed heavy taxes
Agiorgitiko: Modern Greek wine from an ancient land (#WinePW) Read More »
With apologies to Sesame Street, this post is brought to you today by the letter “B.” The letter “B” is for bingeing, a side-effect of sheltering in place during the pandemic. What better wine for binge-watching past episodes of VEEP (substitute your favorite TV series here) than a light, frothy, low-alcohol Brachetto d’Acqui? Goes great
Bingeing on Brachetto, biscotti, berries and a chocolate bunny (#ItalianFWT) Read More »
Let’s return to Jura, France – virtually, bien sûr – this time to explore another of the region’s “godsaken” grapes and an oxidative winemaking process known as sous voile (“under the veil”). By “godforsaken,” I’m referring to Jason Wilson’s Godforsaken Grapes: A Slightly Tipsy Journey Through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Unappreciated Wine. In
A wine geek explores Jura’s native grapes, Part II (#Winophiles) Read More »
There’s little to celebrate these days, what with a pandemic threatening people’s lives and shutting schools and businesses. Through it all, we need to keep our spirits up. No time like the present to pop open a bubbly and find a good movie to watch – at a safe social distance from others. Don’t have
Date night during a pandemic with Crémant de Bordeaux (#Winophiles) Read More »
