It goes without saying that the Pacific Northwest wine industry is growing quite rapidly. Wines from Washington are heavily available in most supermarkets and Pinot Noirs from Oregon are quickly entering serious arguments for the best Pinot in the country. However, neighboring Idaho hasn’t gained as…
Montana was an interesting choice for the second state in my 50 Wines From 50 States exercise. It’s not a state I have visited yet unfortunately, but is somewhere I hope to visit someday. Consulting my list of wineries per state, I was saddened to see…
It has taken me longer to get started then I had originally planned, but I have finally begun my exciting plan of trying wines from all 50 United States. Alcohol laws vary from state to state so much that it can get very frustrating and somewhat…
Back in late 2018 I came up with a great idea for the next year or so. Why don’t I try wines made from all 50 United States? Everyone focuses so much on the major wine regions of not only the US, but the entire world.…
Finished reading The Chinese Wine Renaissance by Jante Z. Wang this weekend. A very informative deep-dive into not only the history of wine in China but also the country itself. The book focuses heavily on grain based wines which historically have had a bigger role than…
In the 1800s, wine in Southern California was a fast growing industry. From Santa Barbara to what is now downtown Los Angeles, much of the croplands were covered in grapes and lots of them were bound for wineries. Imported varietals were just as much of the…
When someone asks you to name a wine region in California, what first comes to mind? Odds are that Napa Valley is your first thought. Sonoma may even get quite a few mentions as well. After that, the other regions would probably mostly be mentioned…
In 2004 my interest in wine had finally grown beyond just what was found at the local supermarkets. Having only been in Southern California for a few years, I had yet to explore the Santa Barbara area much at all. My need for exploration wanted me…
Once upon a time, I drank my first glass of wine. In those early days, I couldn’t tell you much about what I was drinking beyond whether it was red or white. Slowly over time my interest in wine grew larger and so did my need…
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…
