Archive for October, 2007

Purité – Purely Unoaked Wine From Fess Parker

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Fess Parker Winery has recently released a new line of wine under the Purité label to showcase white wines that aren’t touched by Oak. Quite a few wine drinkers today love big, buttery, oaky Chardonnays, and the industry reflects that, as most Chardonnays sold are oaked in some way and/or go through malolactic fermentation or [...]

Product Review – The Wine Tube

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Wine-Wall.com, an online retailer that sells wine accessories, has introduced the wine tube, a 2 foot long apparatus for storing a case of wine. We got our hands on a press sample and the following is our review.
At first glance, the tube appears to be a simple stainless steel pipe with a few holes drilled [...]

Try the Wine from Nampa

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

No, that isn’t a typo, Nampa is located in the beautiful state of Idaho, and yes, they make wine. Nampa isn’t the only city in which wine is produced in the state, in fact, at the time of this writing, 34 wineries are listed on the website www.idahowine.org as either already producing wine, or coming [...]

Compass Box Shakes Up Scotch Industry

Friday, October 12th, 2007

In a world that has been somewhat unchanged for years, John Glaser is beginning to turn some heads. His method is unconventional, although quite common in the wine world. His company, Compass Box, is responsible for producing around 6,000 cases of award winning Scotch a year, with one catch: they don’t make it. The [...]

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