February 14th, 2012
Emma Pearl Wine . Merlot . Wine . Wine and Food
Wine and Food
February 14th, 2012
Emma Pearl Wine . Merlot . Wine . Wine and Food
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 ...
May 21st, 2011
Emma Pearl Wine . Stone and Chalk . Tasting Notes . Wine . Wine and Food . Wine Parings . Wine Tasting . Zesty and Fruity
One Last Post Before the End of the World! A Week in Atlanta.
Apparently the world is going to end this evening so I figured I’d better get a post up before everything broke loose. I’ve been in Atlanta, GA this week promoting Emma Pearl as well as attending the women’s blogger conference BlogHer-Food. One of the seminars I’ve enjoyed the most was on using social media (i.e. ...
January 6th, 2011
Botrytis . Fortified Wine . Ice Wine . Sweet and Luscious . Wine . Wine and Food . Wine pairing with Chocolate . Wine Parings . Wine Tasting
What is a Dessert Wine?
My, off the cuff, answer to this question is a dessert wine is one which has enough sweetness to pair well with the final course of a meal, usually dessert, or be served as the dessert. Jancis Robinson’s Oxford Companion to Wine also notes that in America this qualification is based on Alcohol content between 14-24 %. Funny enough this would put a large number of dry red wines in to the dessert wine category as well.
June 24th, 2010
Alexander Valley . Buttery Beauty . Power Punch . Russian River Valley . Souverain . Tasting Notes . Wine . Wine and Food . Wine pairing with Chocolate . Wine Parings . Wine Tasting . Winemaking . Zesty and Fruity
It’s a tough job but someone has to do it… :)
Every now and then there are days where I get frustrated at the world in general but those are fairly rare. There are also days where I have to pinch myself that I get paid to make wine. I had one of those days this week where the other winemakers and I were able to ...
May 25th, 2010
Sugar . Tannins . Wine . Wine and Food . Wine pairing with Artichokes . Wine pairing with Asparagus . Wine pairing with Chocolate . Wine Parings
The “Pirate’s Code” of Wine and Food Pairings
One of the most common questions I am asked when speaking to consumers (other than “What’s your favorite wine?” which is #1) is what food would go with this wine. The very basic “white wines with white meats and red wines with red meats” has served its purpose as a simple and easy way for the beginning wine consumer to learn about wine. It is also generally (VERY generally) correct. However at some point, people want to break outside the lines of the basic food pairing and experiment a bit.
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