Wine Tonite!

When most people think about Washington state, they are likely to conjure thoughts of the dreary, rainy confines of Seattle.  This makes sense as nearly 75% of the state’s population reside in the Puget Sound Lowlands.  However, when talking about winegrowing, 99% of the state’s grape production comes from vineyards east of the Cascade mountains [...]

Everyone else has a Top X list for the year, so I didn’t want to feel left out.  2009 was a year of great growth for me as it relates to wine and I have really enjoyed sharing those experiences with friends and family including those who stop by now and again to read my musings [...]

Hardy was at it again, this time hosting an online wine pairing challengewith Popeye’s fried chicken.  Even though he’s now a west coaster, he hasn’t forgotten his roots here in the south.  The least we could do is host a remote site here in Atlanta with some of the local wine and foodie crew and [...]

We happened upon some awesome values this week from some free samples provided by Vintage Point as well as a Halloween wine tasting hosted by our closest friends: 2007 Stonecap Riesling Columbia Valley(free sample from Vintage Point) – real surprise at $12, very aromatic with honey, peach and apricots.  Not too sweet at 1.7% RS [...]

Looking to drink some wine and sharing notes with hundreds of your closest social online friends?  Of course you are… and you’d be right at home with Twitter Taste Live.  Without the overhead of hosting your own party that would include a lot of planning, cooking and cleaning, except for the fact that sometimes it’s hard finding [...]