Palate Press staff writer Simon Woolf is in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to fund a book entitled Amber Revolution - How the world learned to love orange wine. The illustrated 250-page book tells the full, forgotten story of orange wine, from Friuli & Slovenia to Georgia and beyond. According
The nose offers up aromas of butter, herbs, and blackberry. Blackberry pie comes through on the palate, with slightly unripe green flavors coming through. Some seared beef fat shows on the mid-palate through the finish. Drink with barbecue beef ribs. Recommended. 87 points. DBH WHO: Apsara WHAT: Syrah DESIGNATION: Las Madres
Dark and rich in color, utterly opaque in the center and only hinting at purple and garnet around the edges. On the nose, nutmeg, pencil lead, black currant, and unsweetened chocolate merge. Loads of black fruit shine through on the palate, with blackberry on top and sweet blueberry and mulberry
The color is translucent garnet in the center, with pink edges. The nose shows cherries, stems, dark earth and a touch of brown sugar. The palate, too, is earthy and herbaceous, but the fruit is more tart, with cranberry, redcurrant, and tiny wild strawberries. Hints of brown sugar linger with
A beautifully classic white Burgundy wine: in fact, this is the style of wine that got me interested in wine in the first place. If you chill the bottle in your refrigerator, you’ll want to take it out 15-30 minutes before drinking so the wine can show off its various
Melvin Matteson has serious reservations about becoming a media star. For decades, he has grown hundreds of acres of corn on his farm in Winthrop, Iowa, with little more to worry him other than the occasional tornado. Now, in semi-retirement, everyone, it seems, wants Matteson to show them his cornfield.
Don't be fooled by the low price and the readily available small bottles - this is a perfectly lovely little sparkler that will work for mimosas or a celebratory toast, but at this price it's best use is an every day sparkling wine to pair with everything from popcorn and
What do a fine wine and a good perfume have in common? Exactly: the olfactory element. Why does this matter? Because our sense of smell can put us in contact with our deepest and most personal life experiences -- as if we all were new Prousts seeking individual Madeleine moments.