Wine Tonite!

Tim Moore, owner of Terra  Terroir restaurant in Atlanta, has been hosting an annual love-fest for Pinot Noir for four years now.  Each time he brings over good friend and Oregon Pinot authority Fred Gunton, from A Nose for Wine Tours, to dazzle patrons with Willamette’s finest.  However, this year they added a twist.  This [...]

Tonite we are having an intimate tasting while the thunderstorms and tornado warnings blast their way through Atlanta.  As widely professed pinotphiles, we are pulling some bottles from some well-known producers in these two regions.  The 6 producers (3 from each location) are listed below, but only my wife will know the vintage and single-vineyard [...]

In a monthly, weekly or whenever-I-feel-like-it series, I’d like to talk briefly about the grapes that are made into fine wines.  Many of you, no doubt, are probably already experts or at least know what types you like, but some of you may just know you like red over a white or vice versa.  Either [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post about needing a little change, you know that I have aspirations of becoming a winemaker or work in the wine industry in some capacity.  In that post I also mentioned a contest TravelOregon is promoting where one winner will get to work with Lynn Penner-Ash of the winery’s [...]

Terra Terroir in Brookhaven is on of our favorite restaurants in the ATL… and not just because it is literally 1 mile from our house, but the owner has taken a very serious liking to Oregon Pinot Noir.  We noticed this right away 3 years ago when we moved here from the ‘burbs and the menu [...]