After playing in a softball game last week in nearly 100° weather, the only beverage I was interested in drinking was water. But with recent temperatures hovering in the 90s, drinking wine is unappealing, even to me. Of course, when temperatures are high, a light white wine with crisp acidity can be refreshing, particularly Vinho [...]
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Overheated
Posted in Beer, Wine journalism, tagged Bordeaux, Chardonnay, Food & Wine, Grüner Veltliner, Ostatu Bianco, Ray Isle, Rioja Blanco, rosé, Sauvignon Blanc, Vinho Verde on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rosés Right Now
Posted in Antinori Tenuta Guado Al Tasso Scalabrone Rosato, Beer, rosé, tagged Antinori Scalabrone Bolgheri Rosato, Crush, Il Convenino Rosato del Conventino, Jay McInerney, Languedoc, Laurent-Perrier, Per Linda Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Provence, Roger Coulon, The Wall Street Journal, Veuve Clicquot, Williams Seylem on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The timing of Jay McInerney’s June 5/6 column in The Wall Street Journal, “For Summer, Think Pink,” coincided with a few rosé tastings of my own. I’ve long enjoyed dry sparkling rosés from producers such as Veuve Clicquot, Roger Coulon and Laurent-Perrier, but I’m coming across more still wines that are palate-pleasing. A few months [...]
Terroir or terror?
Posted in Beer, California, pinot noir, tagged Anderson Valley, Burgundy, Carneros, Central Otago, Church Key Holy Smoke Scotch Ale, fining, Germany, Imperial Smoked Porter, Mosel Valley, pinot noir, Riesling, Rogue Smoke Ale, Stone Smoked Porter, Terroir, Willamette Valley on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Terroir is a French word that refers to distinctive attributes coming from a vineyard location as a result of soil, climate, slope, etc. It is believed that the terroir gives a varietal a special and unique characteristics that make the pinot noir in the Willamette Valley taste different from that in Carneros, Central Otago and [...]
Super occasions call beyond wine
Posted in Beer, Spirited Occasions, tagged Blue Point Toasted Lager, Brooklyn Lager, Champagne, Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA, Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA, prosecco, Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Samuel Adams, stout, Veuve Clicquot on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Super Bowl is one of the major drinking occasions of the year, and several people have been asking which wines to serve this game day. Katy McLaughlin in The Weekend Journal (Feb.6-7) suggested an array of pairings, depending on whether pizza, bean dip, jalapeno poppers or potato chips are a part of the spread. Let’s [...]
