Wine Sediments

I recently attended a wine tasting of Paso Robles wines at Anthony’s Pier 4 Restaurant in Boston, MA.  The wineries present were on tour with the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. 
Their website states that Paso Robles has more than 170 wineries and 26,000 vineyard acres focusing on premium wine production.  Their micro-climates and diverse soils, […]

France’s number one wine job board, Vitijob, has reported a sharp increase in the number of offers over the past year. “Optimism is coming back” to the French wine market, promises Vinimarket in an April 6th news brief (link in French.)
Vinimarket reports that the number of jobs available on the wine recruitment site is up 70% for the first quarter of […]

Wait a minute. A Down Under winemaker showing off a bottle of German Riesling and a Mosel Mogul with big, fat Aussie Cab in hand? In the gregarious spirit of Old World meets New, award-winning winemakers Stuart Blackwell (right) and Ernst Loosen (left) swap bottles to give us journalistic types a stellar photo op.
The event […]

Living in the southernmost city of the U.S. for the past 8 years, my wine selections have tended to lean towards all the white wines out in our great wine world.  Having temperatures most of the year in the 80 degrees range with a nice percentage of humidity, you want something refreshing and crisp on […]

Italy is jumping onto the critter wine bandwagon. The latest concept wine shown around Vinitaly was a label called 3 Girls and a Donkey. The first wines that have been kicked around will be entry level wines, a Falanghina white and a Montepulciano d’Abruzzo red. The wines should retail for under US $7.The thinking behind these concept wines is to offer a label that […]

I have recently fallen in love with Torrontes wine, and I will unabashedly and eagerly introduce you to this amazing varietal.
One sip for me was all it took to be lurched out of my standard white phase of Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio and into the lush and richly flavored Torrontes, a grape with a […]

At the start of 2007 I decided to enroll on the WSET Diploma program. For those not familiar with the WSET, it is The Wine and Spirit Education Trust and is the “leading global organisation providing a range of sought-after qualifications for both professionals and enthusiastic amateurs”. The Diploma is their flagship qualification.
Over the next […]

I have in my hands the last issue of Wine Enthusiast, April 2007.
According to the magazine there are 7 wine emerging regions in Italy. What is written?  
“With so many distinct territories and grapes, Italy’s geographic and genetic potential allows for wines that are available nowhere else in the world.”
And I can guarantee to you […]

I was in Verona last weekend to be part of the main Italian wine fair. I have attended several time in the, but this time I have notice quite a few more people. In fact, according to the organization of the event, there was a 15% growth in international operators - up to 38 thousand […]