Author: gusclemens

Thanksgiving is the great American gastronomic holiday. Halloween is for foolishness, costumes, and candy. Christmas is for worship, family, and unseemly lust for gaudily wrapped material goods (somewhat antithetical to the Christian origin of the holiday). Continue reading →

Pale gold color; golden apple, mango, pear, honeydew melon, peach, lemon-lime citrus, oak spice, butter, vanilla on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Pale straw color; apple, grapefruit, pear, peach, Meyer lemon, minerality, almonds, honey, herbs, white flowers on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby, purple color; black cherry, plum, blackberry, raspberry, chocolate, white pepper, herbs, allspice, herbaceous on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

It takes two to four centuries to grow the oak tree for a wine barrel. Then, after tree harvest, four, usually more, years to season the wood and the staves. Finally, it is time to turn the staves into a wine barrel. Continue reading →

Medium gold color; yellow apple, key lime, lemon, pear, quince, minerality, oak spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; blackberry, black cherry, blueberry, redcurrant, raspberry, plum, cocoa, chocolate, licorice, earth, oak on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Pale gold color; pear, peach, pineapple, mango, granny smith apple, oak spice, vanilla on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Medium ruby color; strawberry, cherry, raspberry, cranberry, earth, oak spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Wine is an agricultural product. Hardly an earth-shattering revelation. But consider its scope. Not just wine vines, as essential as they may be, but in many cases—trees. Continue reading →