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This week’s Wine Word of the Week is variety. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Vine varieties are distinct types of vine within one species of the vine genus vitis. Different vine varieties produce different varieties of grapes, so that the terms vine variety and grape variety are used almost interchangeably. […]

Don’t be misled by the title of this post. We are not advocating that you drink wine with your breakfast in the morning. However, if you are like us, there are times when you are in the mood for breakfast foods at dinner time. And since we like to enjoy a glass or two of […]

In the process of cleaning up my desk and purging my files over the holidays, I found notes from four Walla Walla, Washington, wineries that we visited in October on the same weekend we took our vineyard tour with Rich Funk of Saviah Cellars. These four were wineries that we had not had a chance […]

Today marks one year since our very first Wine Peeps post. What an amazing year it has been! We have written 197 posts, tasted over 1200 wines, traveled to wineries, vineyards, and tasting rooms all over the country, attended the first ever North American Wine Bloggers Conference, and met wonderful people in the wine industry […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is punt. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Punt is the optional indentation in the bottom of wine bottles, particularly common in bottles of sparkling wine. Layman’s terms from Kori: If you are a sports fan, I’m sure you think of punt in terms […]

The stock market just completed its worst year since the Great Depression years. Housing prices have taken their biggest dive since records have been kept. Manufacturing activity is the lowest in almost 30 years. And, according to industry figures, restaurants are facing the slowest time since the 9/11 attacks. Yet you would think times are […]

As part of our visits to some of the major vineyards in Washington State, Dad (John) and I took a day trip to Stillwater Creek Vineyard and Cold Creek Vineyard. Planted in 2000 at the urging of Mike Januik and owned by the Alberg Family, Stillwater Creek Vineyard covers 245 acres north of Royal City, […]

If you really like a particular wine, buy a case or more to get the best price, store it properly, and drink one bottle every six months to see how it develops over time. With twelve bottles in a case of wine, a case purchase usually gives you a price discount of 10 to 15 […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is dosage. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Dosage is the final addition to a sparkling wine which may top up a bottle in the case of traditional method wines, and also determines sweetness, or residual sugar, of the finished wine. …. Champagne is […]