Tag Archives: WSET

Okanagan Winery Visit: O’Rourke’s Peak Cellars Wine Review Chardonnay

Posted on November 16, 2020 by waywardwine

Hello! Follow me through Canada’s famed Okanagan Valley and check out the most extreme wines of the North. Today’s example, newcomer: O’Rourke’s Peak Cellars and their Chardonnay. Continue reading →

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Drinking in Lyon: Bugey Pinot Noir and Jura Chardonnay

Posted on August 25, 2014 by waywardwine

This Monday finds us 126 days deep into our EU Austerity Drinking Tour: our post-WSET Advanced attempt to (cheaply) drink our way through Europe’s great vineyards, breweries and distilleries.

Last Monday’s post visited Lyon’s Roman ruins, a Crozes-Hermitage under $10, and big, pretty churches. Today, we wake to omelets and cappuccino in our home stay. The Metro then slingshots us to the Lumiere estate. Apartments have mostly replaced their photo factory, but one vestige remains: Continue reading →

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ENTER.THE.HAGGIS.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #9

Posted on March 4, 2013 by waywardwine

I am reunited with my laptop.  Let’s get cracking with Scotland. My gig is wine.  I rarely drink whisky.  But I had heather-tinted glasses on last August. After weeks in Canada and Iceland, my wife and I were touring Scotland.  … Continue reading →

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WSET Advancing

Posted on June 7, 2012 by waywardwine

It is nice to see you all again (all 13 of you). Since January 30th, my life and this wine journal have been frozen. Imagine Han Solo in carbonite for four months. But instead of pining away for Leia, he … Continue reading →

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