Like most Italian wine regions, just when you think you’ve got Prosecco all figured out, it smacks you upside the palate and rearranges your thinking and perceptions. At least, that’s what it did for me during a virtual media tasting tour of Asolo (“AHH-zo-low”) Prosecco Superiore, the “other” Prosecco DOCG that gets much less media…
Category: crowd pleaser wines
All In The Family (Checking Back In With Domaine Bousquet)
Interestingly, I first met Domaine Bousquet’s Anne Bousquet the same day that I met my partner Shannon… and tasted with Domaine Bousquet again online just days before our daughter Gianna was born. So I seem to have some sort of strange, cosmic, family connection with this Argentine wine mainstay. I suppose that I am hereby…
“Deciduous Rain-forest” Winemaking (2023 Virginia Governor’s Cup Case Tasting)
Virginia is a challenging spot in which to make fine wines. Yes, that’s despite global warming trends. In fact, those trends might even make it a bit more challenging. No one knows the challenges impacting that promising little corner of eastern U.S. wine making like the folks with whom I had a recent Zoom tasting:…
Movin’ On (Bad Company’s Paul Cullen Takes On Wine Again)
It’s hard to believe that I first met former Bad Company bassist turned chef/wine producer Paul Cullen over ten years ago (“Ten. YEARS. MAN!!!!!!”). Back in 2012, Cullen was establishing his performer/chef second career, which is now successful enough that he’s able to host events for hungry and thirsty food-and-wine (and music) lovers in his…