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Headaches

Posted on March 13, 2011 by waywardwine

If wine gives you a headache, it’s probably all in your head. First off, I’m not a doctor. I just sell wine. Yet more customers want me to diagnose their wine-related brain freeze than anything other question. Secondly, you’re not … Continue reading →

Posted in TOOLS TOYS & TIPS | Tagged Aging of wine, allergic, allergies, annoying customers, asthma, asthmatic, bioamine, Headache, histamines, Sulfite, sulphites, sulphur, tyramines, United States, wine, yeast | 1 Comment

Nebbiolo, Palmina, Santa Barbara County CA 2005

Posted on March 8, 2011 by waywardwine

Palmina‘s nebbiolo will enchant you into almost believing it is Italian. Steve and Chrystal Clifton manage this finicky Piedmontese grape in Santa Barbara with a deft touch. If you’ve drunk Barbaresco or Barolo, you know nebbiolo. The two communes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Nebbiolo, Red | Tagged barbaresco, Barolo, California, italy, nebbiolo, palmina, pinot noir, Produttori del Barbaresco, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California | 2 Comments

Cava, Dibon Brut Reserve, Catalunya, Spain NV

Posted on March 3, 2011 by waywardwine

Drink this Cava. Agricola Dibon has overseen an amusing sparkler that outpaces its price ($9-11) in quality. This sparkling wine comes from Vilafranca del Penedes: Spain’s sparkling homeland of Catalonia in the northeast. Their 75 hectares of trellised vines are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cava | Tagged Bodegas Pinord, Catalonia, cava, Parellada, Spain, Spanish wine, Sparkling wine, Wine tasting descriptors, Xarel·lo | 5 Comments

CORKING.ABOUT

Posted on February 28, 2011 by waywardwine

Midnight nears. I have not packed for our trip. My wine rests in thirty bottles but they need closure, literally and figuratively. Because I saved bottles, this vignoles venture will not see me experimenting with screw-caps. Although, I really really … Continue reading →

Posted in OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, VIGNOLES VENTURING | Tagged achilles, bottle, bottling, Chiron, eleveur, Finger Lakes, grapes, home winemaking, Recreation, Screw cap, vacation, vignoles, wine, Wine bottle | 2 Comments

FILTERED.FINISH

Posted on February 24, 2011 by waywardwine

A ten day vacation looms. The wine tank can’t come with me. It’s time to bottle it. That or turn our fridge into a cellar. Bottling my first and second wines required crafty recycling. This would be no different. Once … Continue reading →