October 28th, 2011
Asti . Chardonnay . Grape Harvest . Grape ripeness . Grapes . Harvest 2011 . Italian Wine . Italy . Tannins . Vineyards . Vintage Notes . Wine . Winemaking
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October 28th, 2011
Asti . Chardonnay . Grape Harvest . Grape ripeness . Grapes . Harvest 2011 . Italian Wine . Italy . Tannins . Vineyards . Vintage Notes . Wine . Winemaking
September 4th, 2011
Alexander Valley . Asti . Austria . Chardonnay . Elegant and Floral . Germay . Gewurztraminer . Grape Harvest . Grape ripeness . Grapes . Harvest 2011 . Italian Wine . Italy . Light and Bubbly . Pinot Gris . Portugal . Power Punch . Sauvignon Blanc . Spain . Spicy and Smoky . Tasting Notes . Vineyards . Vintage Notes . Wine . Wine and Food . Wine Tasting . Winemaking
Harvest 2011 – Week 5 – Things REALLY get moving…
This week we’ve started seeing far more grapes than the previous week. Our Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc were joined by our first Chardonnay of the season! Fruit quality looks really nice and acids are still staying put thanks to the more moderate day time temperatures as well as the cool nights. The Alexander Valley ...
August 26th, 2011
Argentina . Asti . Elegant and Floral . Fresh and Grassy . Grape Harvest . Grapes . Harvest 2011 . Hungary . Italian Wine . Italy . Portugal . Spain . Stone and Chalk . Tasting Notes . Vintage Notes . Wine . Wine and Food . Wine Parings . Wine Tasting . Winemaking . Zesty and Fruity
Harvest 2011 – Week 4 – Grapes, Pigs, and Fun Varieties at Asti Winery
Week 4 has come to a rather quiet close as we only processed a few hundred tons this week atAsti. It’s a drop in the bucket for what is to come this season. We were led by Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris from the Lodi area which both had perfect Brix, crisp acids, and really ...
April 29th, 2010
Asti . Barbaresco . Barolo . Elegant and Floral . Fresh and Grassy . Italian Wine . Italy . Light and Bubbly . Piedmonte . Spicy and Smoky . Tasting Notes . Travel . Wine . Wine Tasting
My speed tour of Piedmonte
The day after Verona we headed west towards Piedmonte in search of another Italian tradition…Gelato! This was something I was very excited about since I had always heard that Italians make Gelato very differently from ice cream as we know it. We stopped at a little town that was recommended to have some of the ...
April 27th, 2010
Elegant and Floral . Fresh and Grassy . Italian Wine . Italy . Light and Bubbly . Stone and Chalk . Tasting Notes . Travel . Verona . Vinitaly . Wine . Wine Tasting . Zesty and Fruity
Vinitaly and Verona
I was recently invited on a supplier trip to go to Italy and France to visit their production sites as well as local wineries. One of the main highlights of the trip was a visit to Vinitaly, an Italian focused trade show highlighting the wines from all over Italy. I came armed with a half empty tasting journal, two notepads, and my favorite pen plus ink refills in order to capture the day in tasting notes.
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