It’s time to start previewing the tasting wines for the upcoming Go-Getter Girls & Grapes on May 17th! Go-Getter Girls & Grapes is a women’s professional networking and wine tasting evening, featuring global wines made by female winemakers and owners. Tickets are $15 and are still available for the next event at http://www.elizabethmillerwine.com/gogettergirlsgrapes. Stayed tuned for wines #2 and ...
There are few tasks as daunting as blind tasting a wine, and there is no questioning how difficult this task is. There is one monumentally important tip to help determine what a wine is, for the tasting beginner. This tip, is not to look at the glass, and listen to the voice in your head ...
A field in upstate New York is waiting to release a prize. Six shipping containers sit on grass, bearing the weight of the entirety of Taconic Distillery’s barrels. They contain Bourbons and Ryes that have aged slowly and exposed to the volatile New York seasons. What will soon be released is guaranteed to taste great, ...
Originally written for and published on: “Wine, Wit and Wisdom” The Official Blog of the Society of Wine Educators. Estate-bottled. Terroir. In the wine world these have long been terms that evoke respect for certain bottles and fetch higher prices. It’s significantly less typical to see an estate bottled spirit, where all the variables of ...
You are sipping dry Riesling in the summer sun, perched high on the inclined shore of Seneca Lake, on a winery porch cooled by lake breezes. Hard to imagine 22,000 years ago you’d be covered by a mile of glacier ice! New York State is home to the only prominent American wine regions to be ...
“Have you ever been to Italy?” Stefano Illuminati, one of the owners Illuminati Wines in Abruzzo, was asking us a question. Dean and I got teased after responding with the typical list of most toured Italian destinations. As we tasted Stefano’s family’s wines during his visit to Vintology Wine & Spirits, we joked that tourists’ ...
I really felt something. Sure, when I’m touring wineries and distilleries, I am interested, educated and very much enjoying myself. But this visit was more. After driving out of Hillrock Estate Distillery in upstate New York, I felt something. I felt complete and utter admiration. Hillrock Estate Distillery is like no other. Owner Jeff Baker ...
What is the best way to end a meal? A piece of cake? Perhaps some pie? Maybe some Ice cream? If you were to ask me this question, I would without hesitation respond with one answer. Amaro. Amaro is an Italian herbal liquor that is commonly drunk after a meal as a digestif. These liquors ...
Without oak, many of the iconic and most recognizable wines in the world today would not exist. Oak has a special affinity for wine, and when used judiciously, can transform wine from the simple fermented grape juice that it is, into one of the most aromatically complex and flavorful beverages on this planet. Oak does ...
You’re standing in front of your refrigerator, full of groceries, and thinking, “there is nothing I want to eat.” Jaded…. a feeling that can also creep up on the lifelong wine enthusiast or wine professional. A restaurant wine list full of Cali Cabs and the French Sauvignon Blancs, all amazing of course, just doesn’t get ...
