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Thirsty Thursday: Refreshing Riesling from High Desert: Mercer 2012

Posted on August 20, 2015 by waywardwine

Damn. Summer and record droughts will not go away. I tire of sweating in bed (as does my wife). Therefore, chilled whites are still required to fool me into imagining myself cool. Oddly, let’s go to a hot, sandy, desert: … Continue reading →

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A Cut Above: Grape Vine Pruning at Home Vineyard

Posted on August 7, 2015 by waywardwine

Sorry Internet, but between three weddings and a funeral I have been a bit busy. To bide your time, share in my moment of vine-cutting trauma:

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Thirsty Thursday: Frappato by Nanfro from Sicily 2011

Posted on July 9, 2015 by waywardwine

Frappato!

Caramel Crunch Frappuccino

No, no, no, NO!

Not that syrupy, sticky cup of brown disappointment that suburbanites consider a meal replacement, even coffee, or worse, Italian.

No. Not Frappuccino. Frappato: the grape. Continue reading →

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More Kolsch and Romans in Cologne (AKA Koln) and (finally) German Riesling

Posted on July 6, 2015 by waywardwine

viscous and full some if a bit loud, Continue reading →

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Thirsty Thursday: Uehara Brewery Forest Spirit Sake Junmai Ginjo

Posted on July 2, 2015 by waywardwine

Sake. I love it but rarely do I splurge on it. Yet with summer’s heat, something chilled, refreshing, yet deceptively high in alcohol sounds perfect (next time Fino Sherry, I promise).

This Thirsty Thursday our glasses travel to Japan. Uehara Brewery began in 1862 amidst upheaval in Japan. Commodore Perry had shelled Japan into trade with the US eight years prior. Centuries of Shogunate and Samurai rule were crumbling. Smelly Westerners ran rampant in the streets. Famine, unemployment, riots, and hysteric movements raged throughout: good time to start a brewery. Continue reading →