Wine Tonite!

With all this talk of low employment rates, the housing market trough, corporate buyouts of failing producers and the loss of joy in the wine world, it’s refreshing to see more passionate winemakers continuing to put everything they have into their dreams of making great wines they love.  However, in most cases you have to [...]

Pinot Noir (pee-noh nwahr), to this writer, is the most versatile grape and the source of much enjoyment and memorable experiences in recent years. The grape is fickle, delicate and the most expressive of terroir. Yes, I used that word… I think you know what I mean. So, it should come as no surprise that [...]

The lowly interns gathered together amongst the stainless steels tanks having just punched down 7 tons of Russian River Pinot Noir.  Wiping the sweat from their brows and drenched from consistent cleaning and errant spray from the hoses, the smiles still could not be peeled from their faces much to the dismay of the winemaker. [...]

  Do you wonder how that wonderful purple (or golden) juice in your glass came to be?  Long to work where the vineyard and mountain vistas seemingly go on forever?  Here’s a chance to learn how to make wine in Chile at Lapostolle as a winemaker’s apprentice.  This may just be one of those rare opportunities [...]

If you live in or near Metro Atlanta or are planning to be in the area this weekend, you will not want to miss this event.  This will be my first, but I have heard from many who have attending these great swine and wine parties to know this is something you do not want [...]