Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
When I told my friends I was going to a wine bloggers’ conference, they looked at me skeptically and then asked, “What are you going to do there?” No doubt they pictured a lot of intense people sitting through seminars with intriguing titles like, “Distinguishing funkiness: forest floor vs. barnyard” or “101 ways to describe …
Here’s how this works: each winemaker or rep has 5 minutes to pour and talk about the wine, and we have the same amount of time to drink and write about it. 12 rounds. Here we go… Monthaven Winery2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Central Coast)Octavin technology — an eight-sided “box” guaranteed to be good 6 weeks after …
Charles Smith WinesKung Fu Girl 2009 Riesling — 1.5% Residual Sugar“The Modernist Project” = drink it nowRetail $12Notes: Crisp and refreshing, off dry and tart with nice citrus notes, smooth stone fruit undertones K Vintners 2009 ViognierBiodynamicRetail: $22Notes: A little vanilla on nose, again crisp with good finish, more floral Jordan Winery2008 ChardonnayRetail: $25Oak & …
In honor of the upcoming wine bloggers’ conference this weekend in Walla Walla, Washington, here are some recent notes from the Random Oenophile’s West Coast correspondent James Bassett. All the content below is his. We’re looking forward to visiting with him in Seattle next week. As you can see, he finds good stuff, both wine …
Last Tuesday evening, my colleagues and I attended a wine class at Total Wine & More, Perimeter location. No, these weren’t wine-tasting colleagues. The range of wine knowledge was vast, which made it fun. The classes are given in the large room in the back corner of the store. It doesn’t have any windows, and …
Okay, so I gotta say that I was not impressed with the wine scene in San Antonio. Duh, right? It’s not that they didn’t have nice wine lists, it’s that the glass selection is really limited, like maybe four or five options per list. You see my quandary. On Friday evening, we had a generally …
For those who are just jumping in, Hubby and I are in Texas. I have a conference here in San Antonio next week, so we came early to explore Austin and Texas wine country. I’m a couple of days behind due to inconsistent internet access, so this is going to be a long one. Austin: …
For those who don’t know, Hubby and I are in Texas this week tasting wine and exploring cuisine. I have a conference in San Antonio the second week of June, so we came over a week early to check out Texas wine, food, and scenery. We’re exploring the hill country and Austin. To read our …
For those who don’t know, Hubby and I are in Texas this week tasting wine and exploring cuisine. I have a conference in San Antonio the second week of June, so we came over a week early to check out Texas wine, food, and scenery. We’re exploring the hill country and Austin. I’m writing this …