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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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On Vacation in Scottsdale: El Padrino de Mi Terra Agave Anejo Mexico
Wayward Wine hops a jet for February sun in Scottsdale, Arizona. Since this is a mini vacation from wine, liquor is on order. We despaire to find any booze since Arizona’s lottery only allows a limited number of liquor sellers. … Continue reading
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Thirsty Thursday: Domaine Terlato and Chapoutier Shiraz Viognier Victoria Australia 2012
This Thirsty Thursday lights on a strange affair riven between three countries. The wine is from Domaine Terlato and Chapoutier. Neither name sounds very Australian. This is because Napa bound Tony Terlato began importing Michel Chapoutier’s wines from the Cotes … Continue reading
Posted in Red, Syrah, Uncategorized
Tagged Australia, chapoutier, cote Rotiecote, Michel chapoutier, Shiraz, Terlato, Victoria, Viognier, wine
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Tasting Chateau Chalon, Vin Jaune (yellow wine) and Marc (brandy) by Bourdy Jura, France
A few months back Wayward Wine reviewed Biodynamic wines by Bourdy from France’s smallest, most extreme region: Jura, France (click here for that post). From 2010 to 1967, the wines ranged wildly from taught and acidic to spiced and honeyed. … Continue reading
Posted in Savagnin, Uncategorized, White
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Vienna Austria Part 3: Ephesus, the Secession, Sacher Torte,
It has been 148 days of travel. So overwhelmed by Vienna’s art-packed core (last Monday’s post), we tacked on another day and return to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Down monumental steps a marble lion greats us to the Ephesus Collection: Taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Beethoven, Brahams, Chopin, Czech Republic, Ephesus, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Mozart, prague, Schuman, vienna
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Carbonic Carignan from Lioco, Kush, Mendocino, California 2012 at Coopers Hall, Portland, OR
Another burn out day in the trenches of wine sales sends me thirsty and hungry to Cooper’s Hall: Portland’s, maybe the US’s, largest conveyor of tapped wine. Yes. Bottles begone. Cooper’s features 44 keg wines: some imported, and some produced on site then self-distributed.
Instead of shipping and recycling endless bottles and producing more CO2, why not pop the wine into an oxygen deprived keg that you can ship, clean, and reuse? Continue reading
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Tagged Carbonic Carignan from Lioco, Carbonic Maceration, Carignan, Coopers Hall, Kush, Mendocino, OR, Portland, wine
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