Archive for October, 2011

 

Challenging Wine Pairing: Beef Bulgogi and Kimchi

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Each month when I post about one of our challenging wine pairing meals, I ask for suggestions for challenging wine pairings for us to try in the future. On several occasions, we have received requests to try Korean cuisine. While I had never prepared any Korean dishes, I decided to give it a try. While […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Punching down

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is punching down. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Punching down is the winemaking operation of breaking up and submerging the cap of skins and other solids during red wine fermentation to stop the cap from drying out, to encourage the extraction of color […]

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Northwest Totem Cellars: Standing Tall

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Northwest Totem Cellars, founded by Mike and Kate Sharadin, is located on private property in Redmond, Washington, just outside of Woodinville. Kate Sharadin grew up in the Vancouver, BC, area so it is not surprising that the Sharadins settled in the Pacific Northwest. In 1996, they moved to the Woodinville area after careers had taken […]

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A Wine for Tonight: NV Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut Rosé

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

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 NV Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut Rosé from the Columbia Valley of […]

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Digging into the Cellar Party IV: 2005 Australian Shiraz (mostly)

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

During the summer, the Wine Peeps team hosted our fourth Digging into the Cellar Party for about a dozen of our closest wine loving friends. For our first DITC Party last year, the theme was Rhone-style wines. For our second DITC Party, the theme was Red Blends. For our third DITC party, the theme was […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Cap

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is cap. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Cap (chapeau in French) is the layer of grape solids that floats on the liquid surface during red wine fermentation and requiring careful cap management. The cap usefully limits the amount of oxygen available to the […]

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Mackey Vineyards: A Winery to Watch in Walla Walla

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Mackey Vineyards, located in Walla Walla, Washington, is a newcomer in the Washington wine industry. Brothers Roger and Philip Mackey relocated from California to Walla Walla in 2007. They bought a farm with apple orchards and grape vines. The Mackeys brought the vineyard on their farm, now named Mackey Vineyard, back to life. They also […]

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