Medium yellow color; lime, lemon, tropical fruits, small blade of grass on the nose; lime, lemon, green melon, pineapple, gooseberry, hint of ripe pear on the palate. Continue reading
Month: June 2018
Pepper Bridge Winery Merlot, Walla Walla Valley Estate Vineyards 2014
Very deep ruby color; dark fruits, pencil shavings, crushed gravel on the nose; black cherry, black plum, blueberry, redcurrant tang, chocolate on the palate. Continue reading
Types of wine
Wines can be divided into six categories: white, red, rosé, sparkling, dessert, and fortified. Continue reading
Ruffino Rosé Sparkling Wine
Deep pink-copper color; strawberry and roses on the nose; strawberry, honeydew melon, cranberry, red apple on the palate. Continue reading
Etude Pinot Noir, Grace Benoist Ranch Vineyard, Carneros 2016
Medium ruby color; cherry, raspberry, graham cracker spice on the nose; dark cherry, raspberry, plum, redcurrant on the palate. Continue reading
Peter Zemmer Rolhüt Pinot Noir Alto Adige DOC 2017
Pale-medium ruby color; bacon, cherry, cranberry, violets on the nose; red fruit, sour cherry, cranberry, spice, plum on the palate. Continue reading
Yamhill Valley Vineyards Estate Grown Rosé of Pinot Noir 2017
Medium-deep copper color; strawberry, watermelon, passionfruit on the nose; strawberry, watermelon, guava on the palate. Continue reading
Duchman Family Winery Montepulciano Oswald Vineyard 2013
Deep ruby color; red fruit, plum, leather, tobacco on the nose; black cherry, sour cherry, blackberry, plum, vanilla, blackcurrant tang, spice on the palate. Continue reading
Beronia Rosé DOCa Rioja 2017
Medium copper color; strawberry, flowers on the nose; strawberry, redcurrant, peach on the palate. Continue reading
Wind and wine
Soil, clones, rootstock, slopes and valleys, trellis systems, rainfall and irrigation—all the things you think about when you think about terroir and what differentiates vineyards. Continue reading
