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Blind Tasting Honey Wine BJCP and Meads from Alberta Canada

Posted on March 6, 2017 by waywardwine

I near four years of selling wine for the same company. Although our book is massive, I suffer from cellar palate. Luckily, my wife makes beer and makes me judge beer. We are both certified judges with the BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program). The BJCP exams also lump mead, honey wine, as a separate exam. Continue reading →

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Central California’s First Woman of Wine: Lane Tanner

Posted on February 27, 2017 by waywardwine

Today, we highlight another founding woman in wine (read about Italy last week: here).

Once upon a time, California was fun. Before Napa got too glitzy, land got outrageously expenses, and celebrities and investors bought wineries, there was the Central Coast: an experimental backroad full of talent looking to untapped grape varieties like Syrah, Grenache, and Pinot Noir. Continue reading →

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The Founding Women of Italian Wine: Lungarotti Umbria Italy

Posted on February 20, 2017 by waywardwine

I recently had the honor of touring Chiara Lungarotti and her wines around town. She presides as CEO of Lungarotti. The winery sits southwest of Perugia, not far from Assisi in Torgiana’s hills. They also have property in Montefalco. The wine world had long ignored Umbria, Italy’s green heart, isolated in the Apennine hills. Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day: Dom Perignon Brut Rose Champagne 2003

Posted on February 14, 2017 by waywardwine

Happy Valentine’s Day romantic ones out there. To welcome my wife home, Champagne is always, any day, any where, the best choice. I noticed Dom Perignon’s Brut Rosé 2003, like most French wines from 2003, was not meant to last. 2003 killed … Continue reading →

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What Makes a Vineyard Special? Wine Review: Panther Creek Shea Vineyard Willamette Valley Oregon 2011

Posted on February 13, 2017 by waywardwine

What makes a vineyard special? Names like la Tâche, Mesnil, To-Kalon, Beckstoffer, Richbourg, and Canubi get geeks swooning and burning their wallets. But forget soil, weather, aspect, drainage, or anything physical. We usually prattle on about that stuff to justify taking out a second mortgage. No, human history and the arbiters of taste have made these sites more prized than their fancy dirt. Continue reading →

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