Wine Wired

Many people mistakenly call all sparkling wines “Champagne,” which is technically incorrect.  That term is reserved for sparkling wine made from the traditional method within the boundries of the Champagne region of France and using only Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.  There are, however, sparkling wines made with this traditional method in other countries and […]

Just the other day I had someone ask me about a pairing with Asian cuisine and my knee-jerk response was Riesling. The person responded by saying, “I don’t like sweet wine.” I have heard this statement about Riesling before. I knew, at that moment, I had to come to the defense of this often misunderstood […]

The federal law created the American AVA in 1978 to supplement the existing appellation system. Many confuse the AVA as a quality indicator, which it is not. The AVA is a guarantee of source and, if mentioned on the bottle, 85% of the grapes came from that area. Variety is another misleading factor on the […]

Read the article that is on the MSN homepage. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/cholesterol/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=100283788&imageindex=5

I took off the day from work to study my WSET stuff. Am I crazy. I work in a hospital as a CRNA and make good money, yet I am still not satisfied. Working on studying a little of Lorie Valley and South France. Also plan to read about Australia. I plan on starting my […]

Variety:  Riesling Country:  Germany Region:  Mosel  (formerly called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer until 2007)) Appellation: Bernkastel-Kues Producer: Sun Garden Prädikatswein:  Beerenauslese German wines can, initially, be a little intimidating.  The German wine labels have a lot of information and descriptive words, but are confusing because they are, well, in German. Once you learn some of the basic German […]

Variety:  Granacha(Grenache) Country:  Spain Region:  Aragon Denominación de Origen (DO): Campo de Borja Vineyard: Bodegas Alto Moncayo Alcohol: 15.5% Campo de Borja is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) for wines located in the northeast of the province of Zaragoza (Aragon, Spain). The vineyard, Bodegas Alto Moncayo, sits atop unique soils of red clay mixed […]