Iowa is another one of those Northern states that seems to be winning the battle against its own climate to have a successful wine industry. Within only a few minutes of researching it online, I was quite surprised to see the number of Iowa wineries currently…
Minnesota is another one of those northern states that you wouldn’t expect to have much of a wine scene, yet I am happy to see that this is not the case. I’m guessing that due to climate change parts of the state are not as cold…
Illinois is my home state so I was really looking forward to selecting a new winery and sampling wines I had never tried before. The 21st state to join the US, it is recorded that wine has been made in Illinois for over 200 years. Concord…
Let’s start off with an admission: I had never been to Napa Valley before two weeks ago. Being a big fan of wine and living in California, there is simply no excuse for this. Though it’s not exactly a short trip for me (roughly a 6…
Massachusetts was one of the original thirteen colonies, has a history of tea parties, witches, and even beer. It may be known for many things in the US, but wine is definitely not one of them. Attempting to research its history of wine and winemaking, I…
One of the main reasons I wanted to do this grand plan of trying wines from all 50 States was to interact a bit with wineries from around the country. With how easy e-commerce is these days, there isn’t a big reason to purposely communicate with…
New York is without a doubt one of the most well known places in the world. You can travel half-way around the world and see someone wearing a New York Yankees hat. True that the city of New York is very well know, but not necessarily…
It’s Labor Day Weekend and quite hot here in the Los Angeles area. I don’t often drink Rosé, but it’s definitely the perfect wine for a hot weekend while relaxing at home before the end of Summer. I’ve had several wines from China (including another from…
I love history and it’s one of the reasons I enjoy trying older vintages. They are like a time machine to a period of time long gone by. What was the world like when the grapes were growing? How about when the wine was being made?…
The 38th state of Colorado may very well be the biggest “diamond in the rough” of US wine regions that I’ve tried so far. Its elevation and drastic temperature shifts throughout the day means that it has huge potential for the future of winemaking. Climate change…
