Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate romance, so selecting a wine to share should reflect the mood and the occasion! Your first choice may be Champagne, but remember that there are many sparkling wines available to make an occasion special. In
Of course you are familiar with Caymus! Chuck Wagner, the founder of Caymus, is the father or Joe Wagner, who started Belle Glos in 2001. Joe named the vineyard to honor his grandmother, Lorna Belle Glos Wagner, who was a co-founder of Caymus. But, t
In Italy, most of the more famous wines are red, but Italy has over 500 grape varieties and many of their indigenous white grapes produce great wine. The pecorino grape grows very well in the southern area of Marche and in the hills of Abruzzo. If yo
Gavi is a DOCG wine region in Piedmont, in Northwest Italy. Piedmont has more high level wine areas than any other region in Italy, but is usually associated with intense red wines. Gavi, however, is a white wine made from the Cortese grape, and it i
In a previous post, we talked about why the word “champagne” is restricted to sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France. In Spain, sparkling wine is called Cava, and in the United States, it is called sparkling wine. But, spar
The centerpiece of Southern Rhone Valley is Châteauneuf-du-pape. The name means the new house of the pope, because in the 14th century, Pope Clement, who was French, moved the papacy to Avignon, France, and had a summer house (that was as much a for
I recently visited Corkbuzz for the first time and I was impressed! The Chelsea location is inside Chelsea Market. It is small but nicely decorated with both a bar and tables. They have over 40 wines by the glass, with most glasses priced at $20 or l
The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I in 1919. The Champagne region of France was virtually destroyed during the war because of intense fighting. Article 275 was added to the treaty to protect the Champagne producers from being further harmed by
The Aldo Sohm Wine Bar is located at 151 West 51st Street just 40 Steps from Le Bernardin, where Aldo Sohm has been the Wine Director since 2007. That was the same year he was awarded Best Sommelier in America. The following year he was named Best So
Blogs are designed to be informal, written in a non-academic style and typically do not include extensive references to the many sources of information relied upon to present information to the reader in an “easy to digest” format. That being sai
