Month: May 2009

Grassy goodness fills the glass and invites you to full refreshment with every sip.

Many wineries seem to take rosé more seriously, rather than making it as a by-product of their red wines. More wineries are jumping on the bandwagon as demand increases, so there is plenty of rosé in the marketplace now to try.

I may have discovered the perfect wine and dinner pairing in the Vail Valley last week. Sloppy Joes with a glass of Mayu Malbec. Yes, it sounds a teeny bit trashy, but I guarantee you, it’s anything but.

'The first week of April I got the opportunity to do an "immersion" course in Washington State wine. No, this didn't involve repeatedly dunking me in a vat of wine, amusing though that would have been. Rather, it involved attending the annual Taste Washington wine festival in Seattle.'

'Exciting Pinot Noirs are emerging from several different wine regions in California today, as well as from Oregon. But a region we hear little about might be one of the best: Anderson Valley.'

'After all the fuss about standards/conflicts of interest with respect to the new reviewers at the Wine Advocate, Robert Parker's influential publication, they have released a new set of Writer Standards. Very sensible they are too: this should put that little storm in a teacup to bed (sorry for the mixed metaphors).'