Earlier this week I was invited to take part in a Twitter tasting with several other wine writers to taste two types of Beaujolais wine. We were sent the wines in advance and were given a date and time to collectively taste them. But I messed up. Yikes!! I put it down on my calendar [...]
While most of the wines in this latest series have been “new world” style chardonnay, I had this single bottle of French chardonnay on hand and really had no better place to write about it. So while some of you might find this out of place in this series, I don’t really care. It’s my [...]
Although its name can be intimidating to those who are new to wine, Gewurztraminer is a wonderful and exciting variety that I recommend you try. But first, let’s deal with this name. It looks long and complicated, but it’s not when you break it down. Let’s start with the first half of the name, Gewürz, [...]
In case you haven’t seen it yet, you might want to check out the November/December issue of Mutineer Magazine. This issue includes a column, authored by yours truly, about sparkling wines—just in time for the holidays. One of the wines included in this article is the Lucien Albrecht Cremant D’Alsace – Brut Blanc de Blancs. [...]
Maison Lucien Albrecht has roots in Alsatian winemaking going all the what back to 1425, when Romanu Albrecht established the family in the Alsatian town of Thann, near the Swiss border. The Albrecht family has been involved in winemaking ever since, although the family moved to Orschwir in 1698. Needless to say, there are generations [...]
I’m excited to be reviewing another French wine today as so often I’ve found that French wines are stylistically aligned to my taste preferences. This wine comes from the Corbières appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in Southern France. This is along the Mediterranean Coast, south of the Cotes du Rhone region, where I’ve found many [...]
I’ve been wanting to do a Gewurztraminer review here for a while and I’m finally getting around to one today. And at the same time I’m wading into what might be the most debated wine pairing topic: Asparagus. I’m not going to spend a lot of time debating which wines go best with asparagus, I’ll [...]
