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Category: Varietals and Wine Styles

Beaujolais Nouveau Tasting in France

Do You Know the Way to Gamay?

I was thinking recently about my first two favorite wines, both from V. Sattui (thank you, V. Sattui!). For whites,...

Getting to Know Zweigelt

Getting to Know Zweigelt

Last week, I wrote about our 12–unknown-bottle tasting where Zweigelt (TSVY-gelt)  was one of the wines we liked the best....

Understanding the Ins and Outs of Ice Wine

Having discovered ice wine in the last 10 or so years, I’ve become a big fan. It’s hard not to...

Chouinard Alicante Bouschet and D66 Grenache

Tasting Alicante Bouschet

Last week I had the pleasure of discovering Alicante Bouschet, a rare wine in California these days that was very...

Alicante Bouschet

Discovering Alicante Bouschet

Alicante Bouschet. That’s quite a mouthful. Alicante Boushcet is French, so it’s pronounced ahlee cantay boo shay. In this article,...

Celebrating A Great WineShop At Home Rosé

If you read my blog on a regular basis, you know that I’m a big fan of Rosé. Last year,...

Revisiting Cab Franc vs. Cabernet

In 2010, I wrote a very popular article comparing Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. I thought it might be a...

Discovering Tannat, the Healthiest Red WIne

I discovered Tannat a few years ago when I learned that it was touted as one of the “healthiest” red wine...

Enjoying a Vertical Tasting

A few months ago, I got to do some great wine tasting in San Luis Obispo (SLO). One of the...

Exploring Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer was a favorite of mine in my 20s when I was just getting to know wine. I fell in...