“The only things good old are books and wine,” my father likes to say. Of course, he’ll take a semi-sweet Georgian Saperavi over a dry and structured Cab or a nice Pinot, and he called a 1970 wine I recently offered him, “thin” and “compote”… Nevertheless, I have always believed
The nose is very pleasant, white flowers dominate, with melon and grapefruit in the background. Far more citrus leads on the palate, white grapefruit and lemon, honeydew showing on the mid-palate, all with great minerality and excellent balance. The region’s limestone and flint both show well. Drink with scallops. Highly
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Standing in a Kendall-Jackson vineyard, new-man-on-the-job 'Jake' looks a bit nonplussed as he's handed an English-Spanish dictionary to help him communicate with fellow crew members who speak Spanish only. Rick Tigner, President, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, the largest family owned luxury/ultra-premium wine company in America, goes undercover in the third episode
The nose is striking, different, confusing, the sort with aromas that make you tear through the spice rack trying to identify them. The smells are grassy, dry, piquant, and they proved to be basil, rosemary, and a light powdering of cardamom. On the palate it was very different. The herbal
What made 2009 a special vintage in Horse Heaven Hills, where you sourced your Syrah, or for Helioterra in particular? My Syrah came from Coyote Canyon Vineyard, which is farmed by Mike Andrews. Mike and his crew are amazing farmers with generations of experience farming in Central Washington. 2009 was
A champagne-style sparkling wine, made in the traditional method in the Cava region of Spain. When first poured, amidst some caramel-toffee there’s a faint pear note in the aroma. Pear flavors deepen on the palate while the wine is very cold, with a mild, round, fruitiness. There’s little apparent acidity
This past week, Dr. Dipak Das, tenured research faculty at the University of Connecticut, was found guilty of 145 counts of research misconduct by an internal institutional review board. Das’s research findings had strongly supported the idea that resveratrol found in wine is capable of conveying health benefits to wine