April 10th, 2013
California . ToKalon vineyard . Vintage Notes . Wine
Wine
April 10th, 2013
California . ToKalon vineyard . Vintage Notes . Wine
December 11th, 2012
Baby . Master of Wine Exam . Robert Mondavi Winery . Wine
Fantastic Changes
This has been a vintage year in so many ways and until now I have not had the time or opportunity to talk about any of it. First of all, my husband and I welcomed our first child, Nathaniel, in October. It has changed our lives dramatically and we have spent the last 8 week ...
May 1st, 2012
Annette Alvarez-Peters . Costco . Wine
Why is Wine Different from Toilet Paper?
Imagine my dismay when I read the initial headlines of the recent eater.com story… Costco’s Wine Buyer Doesn’t Think Wine Is Different Than Toilet Paper The wine buyer in question is Annette Alvarez-Peters, a long time Costco employee, WSET graduate and fellow MW student. While I disagree with the tone of the article that seems ...
March 2nd, 2012
Bordeaux . Chateau Pichon-Longueville . France . Masters of Wine . Travel . Vineyards . Wine
My MW Scholarship Trip to France!!! Part 1
WAAAAYYYY Back in November I went on one of the most exciting trips of my life to France based on the generosity of AXA Millesimes. I promised then that I would blog about it and now after several months I am going to fulfill that promise! The next few weeks will be short excerpts recalling this ...
February 14th, 2012
Emma Pearl Wine . Merlot . Wine . Wine and Food
Merlot: The Red Delicious Apple of the Wine World
As I was perusing the produce section of my local Safeway this weekend I was trying to decide which fruit to get for the week. I love apples so I decided to go that direction. For the first time in quite a while I did not reach for the Pink Ladies or the Galas. I ...
February 1st, 2012
Masters of Wine . MW exam . Wine
The 2012 Master of Wine Napa Seminar: Year 4 of my pursuit of the MW.
In just two days time close to 70 MW students will converge on Yountville, CA all with the same goal of one day becoming a Master of Wine. This will be my fourth seminar and my last as a full program student. As this is my 3rd shot at the exam this year there are ...
January 18th, 2012
Oak . Types of Oak used in Wine . Wine . Wine Barrels . Winemaking
The Quirks of Quercus: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Oak but were Afraid to Ask!
This is one of those posts that I put out there not only to educate but to get some discussion going around one of the most interesting but often misunderstood aspects of winemaking. I think when most people in vision a winery oak barrels almost always show up in their mind’s eye. First off there ...
January 12th, 2012
100 Point Scale . Robert Parker . Wine . Wine Scores . Winemaking
My Musings on Wine Scores
Hello all! First of all let me apologize for going AWOL the last two months. Work, Home, and MW studies have all been crazy busy as it is for anyone during the holidays. I hope in this new year I will be able to put up more weekly posts. As always if you have any ...
October 28th, 2011
Asti . Chardonnay . Grape Harvest . Grape ripeness . Grapes . Harvest 2011 . Italian Wine . Italy . Tannins . Vineyards . Vintage Notes . Wine . Winemaking
Harvest 2011: How California became Italy
This year has had it all. We started with heavy frost on the Central Coast, rain during bloom and spring hail. The craziness continued with a long temperate summer which was punctuated by few heat spikes (if you can call mid 90s a heat spike out here). Growers fought Powdery Mildew and numerous invasive insect ...
October 18th, 2011
Harvest 2011 . Wine . Winemaking
Harvest 2011 – Week 11 – The Grape Landslide…
Right now, things are crazy! People are rushing to pick fruit. We’re working 24/7 to get all the fruit in and we’re running out of tank space. I haven’t really had time to put all my thoughts from this week into words because I’ve been frantically trying to make the best wine we possibly can ...
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