If you really like living history and re-enacted historical events, perhaps a reading of the Declaration of Independance, you may already have made plans to visit Colonial Williamsburg this 4th of July. Did you know that there is also a winery just south of this popular and patriotic venue? Okay, maybe you did, but I [...]
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Of course, in the summer of World Cup soccer, spin-offs are bound to emerge. This will be true around the world, but a World Cup themed event hosted by South Africa makes a lot of sense, even if the competition revolves around wine. Wines of South Africa has been running a Sommelier World Cup since [...]
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
While some businesses were closing across North America during the recession of 2009, others were forging ahead fearlessly. Perhaps their owners knew that when times are tough, many of us like a good drink. I am speaking of vintners, and lots of them.
I’ll start with New York, where a dearth of local wines disheartened [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Viognier variety of grape is not new; in fact, some experts think it could be as many as 2000 years old. Still, there was a period where these grapes were disappearing from wine racks and vineyards in The Northern Rhône, the area it is commonly associated with, because they take so much work to [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
After a lot of reading-up on wine (the internet and Evan Goldstein again), it becomes clear that the wine-making business has its own code of ethics. One of these involves the labeling of wines, such as those made using the champagne method, or “methode champenoise†(see Goldstein’s ‘Perfect Pairings’). This is a secondary fermentation process [...]
Sometimes the wine rack store just seems busy, other weeks we are just jumpin’. Tumwater, Washington, we believe is the center or the wine rack universe. People want great wine racks at great prices. That seems reasonable enough. It is a formula that works for us on 4 continents. It [...]
