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Paso Robels 2: Tablas Creek Vineyard Review

Posted on January 18, 2016 by waywardwine

Last Monday, Wayward Wine began its tour of Paso Robles with the wild and small Fratelli Perata Winery. Today we review the opposite end of the spectrum, with international implant, Tablas Creek Vineyard.

Located in the cooler (for Paso), Western hills of the Santa Lucia coastal range: Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beaucastel, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Paso Robles, Paso Robles California, RHONE, Syrah, tablas creek, travel, wine | 1 Comment

Paso Robles 1: Fratelli Perata Winery

Posted on January 11, 2016 by waywardwine

Last August, while killing time in a never ending sea of weddings, Wayward Wine toured Paso Robles, California.

Paso is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) a three hour drive North of Los Angeles (without traffic…so, five hours). For us it took twelve hours from our home in Oregon. To overgeneralize, Paso is a large, hot, dry, sunny, inland plain. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, drink, fratelli Perata, Paso, Paso Robles California, Tasting room, travel, wine, Winery | 2 Comments

New Year Sparkling Wine: Champagne vs Cremant de Limoux and Loire

Posted on December 30, 2015 by waywardwine

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Austerity, Bertrand, Brut, Champagne, Cremant, Diligent, drink, EU, Europe, Food, France, Limoux, New Years, New Years Eve, Paris, Review, travel, wine | 4 Comments

Last Tango in Paris: Saint-Chinian red blend, Saint Joseph Syrah, and the Paris Opera

Posted on December 28, 2015 by waywardwine

This is the end. Our seven month, thirteen country EU Austerity Drinking Tour finally, achingly, grinds to a halt. 188 days of tasting Europe’s best value wine, whiskey, and beer has trialed our sanity, budget, and marriage.

But today the SNCF takes us from Reims, Champagne to Paris: Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blind tasting, drink, Food, France, Opera, Paris, Paris Opera, Saint Chinian, Syrah, travel, wine | 3 Comments

Christmas Dinner with Penfolds 389 2012 South Australia

Posted on December 25, 2015 by waywardwine

So this is Christmas, and my wife has baked a feast of field roast, potatoes, yams, carrots, mushrooms and cranberry sauce. We just happened to have a bottle of Penfolds 389: a nearly equal parts cabernet sauvignon and shiraz blend … Continue reading →