Fàilte! Welcome to the next installment of Exploring the Wine Glass. Mike and I are big proponents of you should drink what you like and you are the only one who can taste like you. We advocate the fact that everyone experiences the wine differently, so in these posts we do not discuss our tasting notes. Instead we include basic information…
Last month Ted of The Drunken Cyclist won the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge #23 (#MWWC23) and just like all previous winners of the Challenge, his “reward” was to choose the theme for the following Challenge (in this case #MWWC24). He decide on the theme of “Pleasure.” Honestly, I didn’t know how I would approach this theme until I read…
The final Saturday of February has been declared “Open That Bottle Night” or #OTBN. It was created by two Wall Street Journalists who realized that too many people kept waiting for that special day to open a bottle of wine. Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher , known on twitter as [email protected] created the event in 2000, and it…
I wrote this post exclusively for SocialVignerons.com. It was originally posted on September 7, 2015. I am so thankful to Julien Miquel for his help and support in getting Cabernet Franc Day recognized as a wine holiday. I would also like to thank Jim Finley of American Winery Guide for his support. So on December 4th, be…
Fáilte! This is my entry to the Monthly Wine Writers Challenge. Last month, Frank of Frankly Wines, was the winner and provided the theme for the new Monthly Wine Writing Challenge (#MWWC20). The thought behind this friendly competition was that as wine writers we get caught up in all the wine and often forget about the creativity aspect of writing. For…
Cabernet Franc is often used as a blending grape. Many people have heard of it, but not too many have had the pleasure of sitting down with a glass of it as a stand alone varietal. That in itself is a shame, because Cab Franc is worthy of the spotlight. The number one question when…
Here we are near the end of August and we are just waiting for the grapes to decide when they are done ripening. Although ahead of schedule from last year, we are only about fifty percent done. We are anticipating a late September harvest. But it is all up to the fruit and Mother Nature….
Gregor Mendel- Father of Genetics When I’m out and about and the topic of the winery comes up, people here in Jersey are intrigued that we have started Dracaena Wines. The first question asked, after “What’s the winery’s name?” is “What type of wine do you make?” More often than not, when I tell them…
The illustrious perfect wine. Can there really be a perfect wine? If there is, does an individual or a group get to decide what is perfect for you? Wine tasting is a very subjective action. It’s not like a multiple choice test when you were in school, where there was a correct answer and you…
