A few tidbits to end the week on some hopeful notes: Palate Press Kicks Ass for Haiti Relief Mad props are due to on-line wine e-zine Palate Press for their efforts (mostly spearheaded by yeoman David Honig, its Publisher) to raise money for the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief & Development activities. David organized a stellar…
Tag: Wines of Chile
Finding the Lost Grape of Bordeaux (Tasting With Chile’s Top Carmenere Winemakers)
Last week, I attended an on-line video conference / wine tasting that involved a handful of wine bloggers from around the U.S., as well as eight of Chile’s most talented young winemakers (congregated in Santiago), moderated by Wines of Chile in N.Y. While I’m used to this kind of cross-time-zone, cross-cultural meeting (as well as…
Carmenere: The Great Lost Grape of Bordeaux Gets A Troubled Chilean Makeover
This week just might mark a seminal event in my personal wine journey. Either that, or a huge, disappointing wine bust served up on a bed of bell pepper and pine needles. On November 4th, I’ll be taking part with a small group of bloggers in an on-line tasting event with Wines of Chile, the…