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Follow Wayward Wine (WSET3) to tour the world's exciting vineyards, breweries, and distilleries, while discovering new drinks.

FINGER.LAKE.FOUND

I cannot sleep. Wine equipment awaits me in the car. Untold microbes cover everything, bent on ruining my future wine. Yesterday, I wine-tasted on Keuka Lake’s western shore. Today, on Halloween, I pick up my vignoles juice. I stumble through … Continue reading

Posted in Keuka Lake, New York, VIGNOLES VENTURING, WINERIES WANDERED | 2 Comments

Gamay, Terres Dorées Beaujolais Nouveau 2010

Jean-Paul Brun is the minimalist of Beaujolais. His wines express proper terrior because he avoids filtration, sulfiting and chaptalizing and abhors lab-created yeasts and chemicals. If you are tired of banana-flavored Beaujolais Nouveau and want something with character, grab a … Continue reading

Posted in Gamay Noir, Red | 1 Comment

Tempranillo, Zuazo Gaston, Rioja DOC Crianza 2007

Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Red, Tempranillo | 1 Comment

How To: Open Bubbly

Note: I meant to say “cage maker…not wine maker”. Adolphe Jacquesson invented the muselet, the wire cage/metal cap contraption around 1844.

Posted in TOOLS TOYS & TIPS | 1 Comment

Patrick Bottex “La Cueille” Bugey Cerdon Rosé (Méthode Ancéstrale)

Posted in Dessert, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Gamay, Sparkling | 4 Comments