Erste Lage Tasting at the Dallas Master Sommelier Symposium

n Nackenheimer Rothenberg The recent MS symposium at the Four Seasons Las Colinas in Dallas was a fantastic experience with over 75 American and Canadian Masters attending. One of the highlights of the weekend for me, was getting to moderate a panel tasting of Erste...

ZAP Grand Tasting

n The annual Zinfandel bacchanalia, aka ZAP, concluded yesterday. If not familiar, ZAP stands for Zinfandel Advocates & Producers. Every year the organization sponsors a three day series of events culminating in a grand tasting, which has to be one of the most...

Discovering Prosecco Superiore

n Last month I had an opportunity to spend two days in the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene region of the Veneto and experience Prosecco Superiore DOCG first hand. It was everything I didn’t expect: a gorgeous, rural landscape dotted with small villages and vineyards so steep...