by admin | Feb 22, 2012 | Blog
n Whenever I tell someone I’m traveling to judge a wine competition, their response is inevitably, “Oh how lucky you are to get to taste all those wines. And I think, “Yeah right.” Funny how the very thought of tasting over a hundred wines in a day sounds like big fun...
by admin | Feb 16, 2012 | Blog
n While in Tuscany last December, I had dinner in Greve with Daniele Rosellini, chief enologist for the Chianti Classico Consorzio. Daniele was also a major part of the Chianti Classico 2000 Project, a project that spanned 16 years and continues to alter the landscape...
by admin | Feb 14, 2012 | Blog
n The best dish of 2011? No contest. It was dessert at the incredible restaurant at Il Poggione, one of the top estates in Brunello di Montalcino. Imagine this, if you will: chestnut gelato over persimmon puree with shaved black truffles. The wine paired with this...
by admin | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
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...
by admin | Jan 29, 2012 | Blog
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...
by admin | Jan 9, 2012 | Blog
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...
