If you are under any delusions about lower (under 14% abv) alcohol wines being inherently superior to higher (15% abv and above) alcohol wines, let my recent foray into the lonesome and loathsome territory of sweating profusely from dehydration and feeling nauseous in the middle of the night be a beacon of light guiding you…
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Same Old Song (Ridge Lytton Springs Recent Releases)
“We sing the same old songJust like a vintage car,You can look, but you won’t ever drive it.We drink the same old wineFrom a brand new jar,We get hung-over, but we always survive it.”– “New Song” by The Who Some tasks are just… unenviable. Take, for example, trying to say something new about iconic California…
“One Foot Old World, One Foot New World” (Quivira Recent Releases)
Ask Quivira winemaker (sorry, winegrower, as they prefer to call him) Hugh Chappelle for the Cliff Notes version of their style, and this is what you’ll get: “One foot Old World, one foot New World.” That’s a pretty darned good summation, based on my recent visit to their Dry Creek Valley winery. I should give…
“Tough To Spit” (Dispatch From 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition)
Every once in a while, you get a gig that is so good, you just have to pinch yourself to test if it’s all real and you’re actually getting paid to have so much fun. Such was the case at the 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition, which wrapped up a couple of weeks ago…