Wine Sediments

Here in France, the land of elaborate holiday meals, I used to put myself out making complicated dishes for my family’s traditional Christmas Eve dinner. Over the past few years, however, we have adopted “boudin blanc”, a plump white sausauge filled with ground chicken, veal or pork mixed with egg, milk and soft bread crumbs. It is […]

Those of you who have difficulty selecting the perfect wine to give Aunt Franny or the best match for your new favorite dinner recipe might find some help in a new web-based analysis tool developed by a company called QlikTech. The tool is called the Wine Press Wine Selector, and can be found here.
According to […]

You’ve seen them on the shelves, Mad Housewife , Lulu B,  Bitch. “It’s the wine equivalent of a one night stand”, a recent millennial remarked. Seems like every time I talk to a young woman they are heading for the red wine section. Pinot grigio? Chardonnay? How about a nice Ripasso or a Primitivo? That’s what they’re saying. […]

Once you’ve made your mark on the PGA Tour and proven yourself among the best golfers in the world, what comes next? The answer for some Pro Golfers is to trade playing on finely manicured fairways for tending the vineyard. Golf and winemaking have a lot in common, right? Uh…okay, maybe not. But they do […]

The sign was put on the door, gone fishing. For wine. I took a quick, long week to make an orbit around Tuscany to taste the new wine and talk to some of my winemakers. We traveled as far north as Vinci and Capezzana and as far south as the Maremma, with some time spent […]

You don’t have to be a wine expert to enjoy a great glass of grape juice from time to time. But sometimes it’s nice to have the upper hand when it comes to wine knowledge. Lots of Wine Sediments readers are impressively informed, but for those who are more oenologically challenged (hey, you gotta start […]

By Andrew Barrow
Spittoon

Six things I have learned this week:
1 - I really don’t enjoy Australian Riesling. The Leasingham is packed full of lime flavours but plenty of spritz too much of which I never enjoy in a bottle.
2 - Maybe a simple salad was not the best dish to serve with it. The winemaker at […]

By Jamie Gabrini
The Wine Chicks
Italian wines can be quite the pickle. Does the label display the name of the region? The grape? Just some random name created by the producer? The answer is generally yes, making Italian wines a very confusing sea to navigate. Once explored, however, Italy is perhaps the most rewarding viniferal venture, […]

By Tom Wark
Fermentation
Its that time of year. Visitors looking for a taste of the authentic are plowing through Northern Californias wine country looking to soak up that wine country lifestyle theyve read so much about. The visitors will come in droves to Napa and Sonoma now through the end of fall.
If you are one […]

By Tom Wark
Fermentation
It might be the case that I just dont appreciate beer. Perhaps the nuances and complexities of even the better brews are lost on me. But thats ok because in my case I have wine to provide my body and soul with that unique cerebral and sensual experience that alone or, even better, […]