Wine Sediments

While at the Washington DC Wine & Food Festival last weekend I discovered 2 wineries that made quite an impression on me. 
The first was Staete Landt from Marlborough, New Zealand.  Staete Landt is owned by Ruud Maasdam and Dorien Vermaas. Ruud is also the winemaker.  They produce 7,000 cases of estate wines.  Staete Landt is […]

A team of Decanter wine experts has tasted 186 wines coming from the so-called Tuscan Coast, but only 4 of them have received a 4 stars score and only one a 5 stars score.
The Tuscan Coast definition unites the production of several areas: Belgheri, Val di Cornia, Merellino di Scansano, Monteregio, Montecucco and Colline […]

It’s the first time for me to open a bottle and to announce to all the world that I opened it. I decided to open a good bottle of Aglianico del Vulture Doc. Exactly, it’s an Aglianico del Vulture DOC Carato Venusio 2001, the winery is Cantina di Venosa. We are in Basilicata, north-est of […]

 
  
My husband and I had hauled around this magnum bottle of 1988 Gaillac red wine for 15 years. It was a going-away gift when we left the Tarn department, where Gaillac is located, and it had taken rides in moving trucks from Albi to Tours in 1992, then from Tours to Rodez in 1995.
I would […]

My wife and I love the concept of “Open That Bottle Night” as it presents a “special occasion” and a good excuse for us to dip into our wine cellar. 
We review wines for a living for the website and have a lot of wine on hand as samples to drink.  As a result, much of our […]

Not all plans come to fruition. Just as not all bottles loveingly squirrelled away, fawned over, and stroked (OK, that’ll be just me then!) meet expectations.I have had this single bottle of Côte Rôtie in my ‘cellar’ for years. It never seemed the right moment to open it. Like many I guess the longer a […]

Seeing how Wine Blogging Wednesday has bag-in-box and other non-bottle packaging as its theme this month it is a great coincidence that Fine Cooking magazine has an article on exactly the same subject. An email highlighted the piece just as I was penning some thoughts on Spittoon on the WBW theme.
My past experience of bag-in-box […]

February 24th has been set as Open That Bottle Night by the good folks at Wine Outlook.
The idea is that all those bottles you are saving for a special occasion need a special occasion, and what is more special than Open That Bottle Night!
Rummage in the cellar, under the stairs of where-ever you store your […]

The Wine Women Awards is an international contest intended to recognize and empower women in the world of wine. This contest has both a professional and amateur category open to women who genuinely enjoy wine in a personal approach.
This Award is inspired by today’s women who’s growing influence and recognition play an important role in […]

If you’re anywhere in the Northeastern U.S. — you should put the Boston Wine Expo on your calendar. The dates are February 10-11.
If you plan to attend, Ken Hoggins of KensWineGuide.com has the definitive guide for navigating 1,800 wines from 450 vendors…