Wine Tonite!

The idea for the #PinotNoir Twitter smackdown was hatched over wine and wings in my basement with Joe (@SuburbanWino)  and was later fleshed out further over crawfish and shrimp at the Crawfish Shack on Buford highway.  There’s just something about filling our gullets with food that really gets the creative juices flowing.  Throughout the entire process [...]

Wow, you are very attentive and detail-oriented aren’t you?  I did mean to use the plural version of the word Winner, because we had a tie at the top and, NO, we didn’t wuss out and crown a wine for each location just to be safe   I guess this can happen with so few [...]

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 [...]

I think we have a winner.. so far.  I know it’s only day 2, but as far as “complete experience” I think we may have found it at Bethel Heights.  Deep in the southern part of the valley amongst some of the oldest vines in the area (since 1977), we found a nice quaint tasting [...]