Archive for October, 2010

 

A Wine for Tonight: 2008 Turning Leaf Riesling

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this weekend) that won’t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our readers have said this is something they would like, so here is this week’s selection, the 2008 Turning Leaf Riesling from Pfalz, Germany. Our selection criteria include: […]

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Cascade Valley Wine Country: Wenatchee Valley

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

Located in central Washington State halfway between Seattle and Spokane, Cascade Valley Wine Country is home to around 50 wineries and tasting rooms in Wenatchee, Chelan, and Leavenworth. The oldest wineries in the Cascade Valley Wine Country have only been in existence about a decade. However, in that short time, they have capitalized on the […]

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Challenging Wine Pairing: Red Beans and Rice

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Red beans and rice is a favorite “Louisiana” dish. It is a traditional Creole dish; however, over the years, it has become very generally used by everyone. It is just as popular in restaurants as in homes. Red beans and rice originated out of the need for an easy meal on “washday” in the Creole […]

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Exploring Woodinville Wine Country

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Woodinville has definitely become a must-visit destination in Washington wine country. Home of the state’s oldest, largest, and most well-known wineries, Chateau Ste. Michelle and Columbia Winery, the Woodinville area is also home to over 90 wineries and tasting rooms, with new ones opening all the time. Woodinville now boasts the second largest concentration of […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Ripening

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is ripening. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Ripening is the important process of grape development which is a prelude to harvest. Ripening begins when the berries soften at the stage called veraison and is concluded normally by harvest, which can occur at different […]

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Wine Freedom: Only in America

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Only in America (and in some other New World wine regions) can you plant whatever grapes you want to plant where you want to plant them, irrigate if you wish, harvest the grapes when you want to harvest at whatever sugar level you desire, blend varieties as you wish, so on and so forth. In […]

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