It’s not often that you hear a winemaker say things like this about one of their wines: “We don’t care if people like it or not; if not, I’ll drink it!” And yet, that’s exactly what Casa Wines’ Helder Cunha said to me earlier this year in New York City, when I worked my way…
The Punch Down Episode 4 With Jancis Robinson (Recap)
Last week, Tara Devon O’Leary and I had the pleasure of hosting the modern world’s equivalent of wine royalty, Jancis Robinson, on Episode 4 of The Punch Down. An embed of the broadcast is below for your viewing pleasure. Jancis was in tip-top form, sharing wine with us (a Moravian Riesling… yes, really…), fielding questions…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 8, 2013
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…