Winexpression

Jason Kesner had a vision. Working with some of the great Chardonnay producers in the Napa Valley (Kistler, Kongsgaard, Ramey) as Vineyard Manager at Hudson Vineyards, he decided it was his turn to stamp his name on a label. That’s precisely what he did and the 2003 is his first release. Yes, there would be [...]

With 11 Winemakers, 500 employees, and a huge annual production from 150,000 TONS of fruit, Casella Wines has leapt into the sights of the American Wine drinker with it’s Yellow Tail brand. In just 4 1/2 years, this wine has gained tremendous popularity because of it’s affordable price point and fruit forward flavors that appeal [...]

O.K. so that isn’t the real title of this edition of Wine Blog Wednesday, the monthly global wine tasting event, it’s just Red Kiwis. I ran out last night, and picked up a red wine from New Zealand. The retailer I visited runs a little low on their selection of Reds from this region. There [...]

Any one that has a blog that they update somewhat regularly is probably passionate about the subject they choose to write about. It’s amazing, but not surprising, how many have chosen to focus their efforts on wine. From these passionate hearts comes some of the best writing on the subject, sometimes better than the work [...]

I saw this story last week, but I wasn’t motivated to post about it here. There is a company, Enologix, that basically has been doing the same thing for a long time.
What I find interesting is the take on this story that Non Wine Geeks (but geeks nonetheless) have on this subject.
When wine is [...]

In case you haven’t heard, there was major flooding over the weekend in Napa and Sonoma Counties, leaving some vineyards deep under water. Fortunately, the latest storm to move through today won’t have as disastrous effect as the storm late last week that broke levies in Guerneville, and overflowed the Russian and Napa Rivers.
Most people [...]