This wine was tasted for Open That Bottle Night 2011 on Palate Press: the online wine magazine. The cork was a little soft and I lost a couple centimeters of it to the bottle. This wine is definitely showing some-read more-
This wine was tasted for Open That Bottle Night 2011 on Palate Press: the online wine magazine. Jeff Lefevere, of Good Grape, shared this with me on Open That Bottle Night, and it was wonderful, and still very young. The-read more-
It is easy to get the impression that, apart from conventional practices, there are only two options available in viticulture: organic and biodynamic. However, there are other methods being developed. In Australia several wineries have opted to use only some-read more-
Most wine tasting room visits tend to be similar; people lined up at a bar sampling the current releases. Occasionally wineries offer a barrel tasting experience, where a tour guide (or if you’re lucky the winemaker) will use an oversized-read more-
This wine was tasted for Open That Bottle Night 2011 on Palate Press: the online wine magazine. One always wonders if a wine of this age has anything left to impart. This does. Good high neck fill on the bottle.-read more-
Ulf Karlholm is based in Porto Alegre, in the south of Brazil. He writes the blog Bio Vinho in Portuguese. Ulf is a Brazilian wine agent for Tyrrell's Wines, Avondale Wine, Cabernet de los Andes, Tomas Achaval and Matua Valley-read more-
This wine was tasted for Open That Bottle Night 2011 on Palate Press: the online wine magazine. Age shows through the color, which is very dark, like a tawny port. On the nose it smells a little oxidized, a bit-read more-
I had entertained the idea of starting a home vineyard on a family property within eyesight of downtown for several years. I had hesitated because I was not certain which cultivars would do well at the site. Two years ago,-read more-