Tag Archives: Oak (wine)

VELO VOUVRAY 3: Maison Darragon: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #48

Posted on November 11, 2013 by waywardwine

For this Monday’s EU AUSTERITY DRINKING ADVENTURE, we trade a château for a maison.

Underwhelmed and starving, we leave the lofty Château Moncontour of last week’s post. Our rent-o-bikes take us to lunch of quiches, bread, and fabulous pastries. We eat on a cliff square. Mossy shingles span below us, Vouvray’s crumbling, cream church looms above us.

Full, we follow signs up a tortuous slope. We pass a villa hewn into Vouvray’s famed tuffeau cliffs: Continue reading →

Posted in Loire, White, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Acid, Château Moncontour, chenin blanc, Darragon, European Union, Florilege, Haut des Ruettes, Loire River, Loire Valley, Maison Darragon, Marc Bredif, Oak (wine), Sweetness of wine, Tour, Vouvray, wine | 3 Comments

ENTRÉE PARIS 4: La Fête des Régions: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #43

Posted on October 7, 2013 by waywardwine

Our EU Austerity Drinking Adventure continues today in search of a feast. Paris is constantly awash with events. We stumble onto La Fête des Régions: the biggest fair of regional food in France. Terroir-tastic Batman! Since it was right next to Stalingrad Metro, we gave ourselves permission to drink and eat…everything. Continue reading →

Posted in Paris, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Alsace, Beer, Bière Blonde, Burgundy, Côtes du Couches, chardonnay, Chateau de Couches, Château la Boissière, DURAS, EU Austerity Drinking Adventure, European Union, France, Gallia, La Fête des Régions, La Semaine du Goût, Muscadet, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Muscadet Sur Lie, Oak, Oak (wine), Paris, pinot noir, riesling, Terrior, Théo Meyer, wine | 5 Comments

Petite Sirah, Concannon “Conservancy”, Livermore Valley, California 2009

Posted on July 4, 2013 by waywardwine

In honor of America’s incoming day of independence, we decide to drink one of the biggies: Concannon‘s Petite Sirah (that and our bubbly isn’t cold yet). The sale price of $10.99 seemed fine. Typical of black, thick-skinned petite sirah, the … Continue reading →

Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Petite Sirah, Red | Tagged Aroma of wine, Cancannon, Concannon, Concannon Vineyard, Conservancy, Durif, fruit, Livermore Valley, Oak (wine), petite Sirah, United States | 2 Comments

Nebbiolo, Monte Degli Angeli, Barolo DOCG Italy 2005

Posted on June 6, 2011 by waywardwine

I’ve committed infanticide. Opening a Barolo five years after harvest is child sacrifice to traditionalists. Why? For the last century and a half this small commune in northwestern Italy has made wines that usually soften into something drinkable after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Nebbiolo | Tagged 2005, Barolo, italy, Maceration, Monte degli Angeli, nebbiolo, Oak (wine), pinot noir, Slovenian, wine, Wine tasting descriptors | 1 Comment

Cabernet Franc, Raffault “Les Galuches”, Chinon, France 2009

Posted on April 11, 2011 by waywardwine

Cabernet franc: the parent you wished you had. Not to be confused with its bombastic child, cabernet sauvignon (born from pollen swapping with sauvignon blanc). The cabs do share similarities: strong tannins, notes of cassis, berry, pepper and herbs. Yet … Continue reading →