Winexpression

As I watch friends, family, neighbors, and strangers open bottles of Sparkling wine, my frustration has finally reached an unbearable level. Hasn’t anyone showed you how to do this? It’s not rocket science. But unlike opening a 2 liter bottle of carbonated sugar water, opening sparkling wine requires some guidelines in order to avoid harming [...]

Premiere Napa Valley X, held at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, Ca, auctioned off 1.87 Million dollars worth of wine on Saturday, February 27, 2006. The event is for wine industry professionals, winemakers, restaurateurs, retailers, and wholesalers, and auction lots are special for the event. The buyers in turn sell off these [...]

2004 Burgundy Preview Part I – Wine Spectator
2004 Burgundy Preview Part II (takes you to google, then click the top link for access)
Dog Squad, Not Pesticides, Drafted In Wine War
Home winemaking just got a little easier
Foreigner to tour America and Europe with Wente Vineyards
“Meritage” petitioned for inclusion in Merium Webster

Ray’s Station is hoping to grab a market segment that marketers have overlooked, burly backwoodsmen. Note to Jess and Friends: There’s a reason no one has targeted these guys. I mean, when they enter the shopping market looking for alcohol, I’m guessing 90% of them have already made up their minds what they want: whatever [...]

It was almost 30 years ago that American wines shocked the world when two were chosen by French tasters over first growth wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy changing the American wine scene forever. That night, Steven Spurrier organized the tasting, and is set to do it again this year. This time there will be two [...]

Although I’m not crazy about some of the stains available, this thing doesn’t look half bad. Introducing the wooden recessed wine and glass wall storage rack, a.k.a the WeRWeR or Wall Recessed Wine Rack (I added the e’s and made that up, catchy no?). In between most walls you should fine stud spacing at [...]

It’s happened to me, and I’m betting most have had a similar experience. Over at a friends house, as I prepared to open a bottle of wine, I asked for an opener (a waiter’s friend), inserted the corkscrew in, started to twist, and was surprised when the worm detached and the opener broke. Great, now [...]

Wine Spectator has posted more notes on 2001 Brunello’s in their subscriber only section. Out of the 27 new 2001 Brunellos James Suckling rates, only two cross the path of wines I’ve tasted and already posted about. Here they are:

Wine
Wine
Expression
Wine Spectator

2001 Brunellos
Ratings

Costanti Brunello di
Montalcino 2001
93
93

Marchesato degli
Aleramici Brunello di Montalcino 2001
92
92

Now that’s interesting. I tasted these [...]

This is the second of the two bottles I purchased for Wine Blog Wednesday #18, and of the two, this one exudes character. A great value at $7, this is definitely the way Viognier should be. The wine is produced in the Limoux region of the Languedoc in Southern France, and benefits from the [...]

The French make the most wine in the world, but, their market share is sliding fast and they can be bumped out of that top spot sooner than they think, if things don’t change. Many are taking the first steps in remedying the situation by looking to the government for help, but is it because [...]