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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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The 2016 Salmon Bake at IPNC 2016 Pinot Noir Wine Festival Oregon
After rising and falling to the siren song of Pinot Noir for two packed days at IPNC 2016, it all comes to this: The Salmon Bake. This grand open air feast will set you back $225. That sounds like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, Food, grapes, ipnc, Oregon, pinot noir, travel, vino, wine
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IPNC Saturday Lunch
After two hours plus and fourteen glass on Australian Pinot (IPNC’s Grand Seminar), we break for lunch on the lawn. Unlike 95F Friday, today is a pleasant 75F in the shade. We sit with Dag Sundby, owner of biodynamic Johan … Continue reading
Paso Robles 5: Austin Hope Treana Tasting Cellars
Wayward Wine continues its exploration of Paso Robles wineries. One day starts in search of wine for a wedding. An up-scaled, wood-planked warehouse sits between biotech buildings and similar sheds. Inside, large indigo walls fly up two stories, splattered with animal heads and art. Lipstick red metal chairs frame the reclaimed wood bar and tables. House-sized curved wood panels mimic sliced barrels dividing the space. This is not a winery, it is a tasting lounge for the hip. Welcome to Austin Hope’s Treana Tasting Cellars. Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Hope, cab, California, drink, Food, Grenache, Paso Robles, Paso Robles California, Syrah, travel, Treana, Viognier, wine
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Laetitia Winery Review
If reading is not your thing, here is my roughshod video review of Laetitia Vineyard and Winery (nb: it is a Coquard press, not Jacquard press….that’s for linen…oy)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7T4R7YZJ0&w=560&h=315%5DFor those born to a world of paper books:
We leave Paso Robles for another wedding (my brother’s) and then return. But on our way back to Paso, we stop in Arroyo Grande Valley for some bubbles. Both Paso Robles AVA and Arroyo Grande AVA sit in San Louis Obispo County (not an AVA), which the Central Coast AVA engulfs. Confused? Here’s a map: Continue reading
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Tagged Champagne, chardonnay, fermentation, Food, Laetitia Winery, pinot noir, travel, wine
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New Year Sparkling Wine: Champagne vs Cremant de Limoux and Loire
And so it ends not with a whimper but a bang. We cannot leave Paris without cracking a few more bottles of bubbly. No 191 day EU Austerity Drinking Tour could finish France without value Cremant or Champagne.
For a mere €15.00 we find true, actual, not Prosecco, Champagne from Champagne, France (specifically the village of Buxeuil in the region’s southern extreme). Grower André Diligent et Fils created this Brut: Continue reading
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