Wine Tonite!

Let’s get this out on the table right away:  Champagne is sparkling wine made via the traditional method (meaning the wine was fermented and aged in the same bottle creating its own bubbles during the process) ONLY in the Champagne region of France.  I am sorry to say that this means that Cremant, Cava, Prosecco [...]

The sprinters battle at the finish line of yesterday’s short stage, was a bit uneventful for me as Mark Cavendish let up at the end with only a few hundred meters to go after he was caught by surprise by a strategic sneak attack from behind by Alessandro Petacchi, who took his second stage win [...]

Throughout the past couple of years of meshing our lives more closely with wine and all the experiences that go with it, I am always humbled by the generosity, camaraderie and great relationships that are seeded and continue to blossom.  This story is one that really stands out because it’s categorized as one of those [...]

Sparkling wine has it tough in our household.  The wife hasn’t had very good luck with finding one that she likes and I have only begun to scratch the surface of the many selections available out there: Grower Champagnes, Prosecco’s from Italy, Cava from Spain, etc.  Hell, I even stumbled across a sparkler from Brazil [...]

Earlier this month the Calistoga AVA was finally approved by the TTBafter 5 years of review and consideration.  AVA is the abbreviation for American Viticultural Area, which is America’s version of AOCs in France.  In the U.S. AVAs do not prescribe strict grapegrowing and winemaking requirements like AOCs (Appellation d’Origine Controlee).  However, AVAs are still [...]