by admin | Oct 25, 2023 | Blog
The story goes something like this. It was the first summer after Carla and I started dating, which was many moons ago. How many? That year the number one movie was the original summer blockbuster—Star Wars. Now it’s called Star Wars: A New Hope. This after the...
by admin | Oct 11, 2023 | Blog
Tannin, or tannic acid, is found in red wine. But it’s also infrequently found in a white wine like Chardonnay if the wine in question is kept in oak for an extended period of time. Otherwise, tannin is derived from grape skins and oak barrels in which red wines...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Blog
Taking a cue from good friend and fellow MS, Evan Goldstein, I tend to put food and wine pairings into three distinct categories. First, there’s “Switzerland” where the dish and the wine stay in their own lane and refuse to interact, not unlike a group of middle...
by admin | Sep 12, 2023 | Blog
Two wines from recent dinners were the 2021 Feudi di San Gregorio Falanghina and the 2021 Domaine de Fontsainte Gris de Gris. Carla and I enjoyed the Falanghina with roasted salmon filets and the gris de gris with pollo-asado marinated chicken thighs done on the...
by admin | Aug 29, 2023 | Blog
One of the more important features in my tasting book—Message in the Bottle: A Guide to Tasting Wine is the lists of grape variety descriptions, which range from the tried and true Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Chardonnay, to more obscure and esoteric entries like...
by admin | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog
When I was in junior high there was a song called Love Is All Around by a group called The Troggs. I think it might even have been the song that was playing during my first slow dance. Which at the time—and my tender age—was more like two youngsters putting their...
