ShareOne of the many reasons I love wine is that I’ll be going about my day, secretly confident that I’ve tasted or at least read about every type of wine there is, and then bam. A bus will come roaring down the boulevard of wine experience and take my complacent ass out.
This happened to [...]
ShareThese are my five keys to loving Italian wine, distilled from my five-class course with Luca of Zigzando wines:
1. Eat, Drink, and be Maria
Italian wines are food wines. They are made to be enjoyed during a meal. That’s why they tend to be light to medium bodied in weight, so their flavors can complement rather [...]
Share[For the intro to this story and another model resolution, click here.]
Model Resolutions, continued:
#2 Eat More Foie Gras
This is my personal New Year’s resolution for 2007, actually. And it has something of a dark back story. You see, my former neighbor used to run an intimate, tasty restaurant in Sonoma called Sonoma Saveurs, known in [...]
Share (Part three of my South African wine and travel report; click here for part two, and here for part one.)
The consensus among South African vintners is that the future of wine in South Africa depends on how gracefully it can ditch its past – and by past they mean not only the vestiges of [...]
ShareFor most people, Africa summons up images of lions, tigers, and baboons. So in preparation for our trip to South Africa, and in relation to the most famous and dangerous game we’d see on safari, my wife liked to quiz me: “What are the big five?” (The answer is lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and water [...]
ShareAromas of fresh-baked bread, wet stones, and citrus fruit jump from this wine. It’s got a pure, vivid color between straw and gold, with a slight touch of sunset red. Lots of medium-sized bubbles swirl toward the surface. The wine washes over the palate with loads of lemon, blood orange, and golden-delicious apple flavors, leaving [...]
ShareAre you going to get the most mileage possible out of the wine you’ll be drinking this holiday season? I’m not talking about rationing your great aunt’s sherry. I’m talking about matching your wine with your food – which, if done right, makes both your beverage and your dinner taste better.
Problem is, the traditional Thanksgiving [...]
ShareAlthough Wine Girl knows better, whenever she sees bubbles she says, “Champagne, please.” I use the C-word even though I’m aware that only a fraction of the fizzy wines we drink is really Champagne, that is, produced in the region of France called Champagne; blended from chardonnay, pinot noir, and pinot meunier; and protected by [...]