We are continuing our tour of Australia with #WorldWineTravel, this week tapping into the white wines of South Australia. Of course the first white wine that comes to mind in this region is Riesling. So that is what we will...
We are at the halfway point with Day 6 of our 12 Days of Wine 2021! Today we head further north in Oregon to the Willamette Valley to taste a Dry Riesling from Trisaetum. Day 6 Trisaetum 2020 Coast Range...
The group with Wine Pairing Weekend (#WinePW) is heading to New York. To the Finger Lakes to be specific. On Saturday June 13th there will be a gathering on twitter following the hashtag #WinePW to discuss the region, it’s wines...
While visiting with David Lowe at Lowe Wine in Mudgee NSW Australia, David poured us a glass of his 2015 Riesling from Nullo Mountain. In addition to the Tinja vineyard where the winery is located and where we were sitting,...
During #ouraussiewineadventure in October we traveled to the Mudgee Region of New South Wales to spend a day exploring the town and the wineries that surround it. Mudgee, through the fires and the drought, is still open for business!...
This month the French Winophiles are diving into a French Wine 101. It’s timely as we all enter our comments to the government in opposition to proposed 100% European wine tariffs. (If you have not heard about this, I’ll post...
DuBrul Vineyard is one of the older vineyards in the Yakima Valley. Hugh and Kathy Shiels purchased the property in 1991 and pulled out the orchards to plant vines. This is a family business and the winemaker is their daughter...
Located in the Chehalem Mountains, Beckham is actually on Parrett Mountain on the south east end of the range. We visited them in July of 2018 to hear their story. It was a beautiful morning and Annedria set us up...
On the 7th day…well we rested! Eating Pizza and Sucking Glass with Maloof Wines. Eat pizza, suck glass.The Mantra from RossandBee at Maloof Wines We have been cooking a lot lately, and these 12 Days of Wine are keeping us...
Continuing our conversation with Rudy Marchesi at Montinore Estate After looking over the Willamette Valley AVA map and having Rudy give us some background on the soils and the impact of the Missoula floods we sat with him to talk...
The brains and the brawn, the science and the passion…the perfect pairing for making wines. Ross and Bee consider themselves to be a “true yin and yang team.” Ross & Bee Maloof of Maloof wines exude joy when you speak...
Libertine (as defined by Alex Neely) Noun | lib er tine | \ ˈli-bər-ˌtēn \ “One who eschews all cultural values, pure hedonism” On a side note Merriam-Webster tells us that the term originally meant “freedman” when it appeared in...
