So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available…
Weekly Wine Quiz: Banking On Uruguay?
Bienvenidos – and, as I’ll explain in just a moment, adios – to the Weekly Wine Quiz! This week, I’m preparing to head back down South of the equator, this time to Uruguay to tour its budding (from a global market perspective) wine regions. And so this week’s quiz is a bit of a brain-wrangler…
Righting Wine Award Wrongs (Merced del Estero 2012 Mil Vientos Torrontes)
Merced del Estero, in the über-sunny San Juan region of Argentina, has been tending vineyards under the care of the familia Rodriguez for three generations, since 1897. But it took me just one iteration of the annual Argentina Wine Awards to help screw them up a little bit. MdE was one of the producer visit stops…
Carneros Wine Tour CD Giveaway!
This week, I’m teaming up with southern-born author Corinne Van Houten to give away a copy of her Carneros wine tour CD. The CD (remember those? don’t worry, an audio file version is also in the works) is an engaging introduction to the Carneros region, highlighting the history of (and providing current tasting/visiting tips for)…