This was a question that would pass through my mind from time to time. Is Cabernet Gernischt really the same as Carménère? Cabernet Gernischt had long been believed to be a nearly extinct form of Cabernet that was brought from France to China in the early…
It’s no secret to most oenophiles that what makes a wine great can’t be summed up into one reason. A wine can be affected by the quality of the grapes, the location they were grown, and the method used to turn them into wine. The cost…
I decided that this past weekend would be focused on comparing a few Cabernet Sauvignons from a few places around the world. I would grab a couple of fairly typical examples and then compare them to not as common wines regions. If you’ve been reading my…
It’s no secret that I love to try new wines, no matter what other people may say about them. But where would you draw the line? Must the wines all fit into traditional renditions of wine? Or would you be willing to try something truly unique?…
Summer is here in Los Angeles and the heat is picking up. Suddenly the beach is on everyone’s mind, and so is chilled sweet beverages. Super sweet cocktail drinks aren’t something I typically want, but I will try them from time to time. I can’t be…
It’s taking me longer than I planned to write my next wine related article. I will be reviewing a whole bunch of new wines soon that I am excited about. But in the mean time, why is it taking me so long? Well, my wife and…
Visiting Shandong Province’s wine region and Changyu’s chateaus in northeast China had been on my list for a while. China often likes to call Shandong their version of Napa Valley in California. It’s along the latitude and shares a similar climate. I finally was able to…
Large international companies like Moët Hennessy have been focusing on the edge of the Himalayas, an area of northwestern Yunnan, China dubbed “Shangri-La”, due to its cool climate. When it comes to the topic of Yunnan red wine, the media in general tends to only focus…
Cambodia is not in a climate zone naturally suited for wine making since wine grapes typically need cooler temperatures to achieve the perfect levels of sugars and acid. These desired temperatures usually need to swing from warm to cold and with varying degrees of both depending…
