Wine Tonite!

Planet Bordeaux is an association promoting Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur wines.  The “Supérieur” means the alcohol level will be 1% more than typical for the region and I have read also that these wines need to be aged for 12 months longer than those from Bordeaux.  For more information about the association check out this [...]

One of the most engaging and interesting winemakers/owners I had the pleasure of meeting in Washington was the vibrant and tanned Jay Soloff who was also sporting the sharpest goatee.  It was immediately obvious how passionate and knowledgeable Jay is about wine and Washington state and we really appreciated his openness in sharing the history of [...]

As someone who has some Cherokee Indian blood, I was more than a little intrigued by a lone mountain, or “bald,” between the cities of Cleveland and Helen, Georgia given the name Yonah, which is Cherokee for “bear.” My wife and I first stumbled across this mountain, more than 80 miles north of Atlanta, about [...]

Within a 3 day span I had two people refer to sediment in aged wine as “blood clots” and wanted to know what it was.  It doesn’t take much more than that kind of coincidence to get this topic in my pipeline.  I am always pressing for content.  Talk about low hanging fruit. Many wine [...]

This year, Atlanta was the first stop of the U.S. Tour of the Union des Grand Crus de Bordeauxas 82 Chateaus descended upon the Ritz downtown to peddle their offerings of the 2007 vintage to the trade.  Other stops include New York, Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles.  2007 experienced some serious weather (much rain) challenges [...]