Organic, sustainable, biodynamic… these are some of the trendiest yet most confusing terms in the wine industry. There is a place, though, where one can see the proud growers and winemakers who are putting these terms into real practice, crafting quality wines, and restoring the health of the land. This place is Oregon. Every tasting ...
1965 was a big year for equality in America. In a young civil rights movement, the important Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed. In a millennia old wine industry, the very first woman would receive an enology degree from University of California, Davis. Several years would still pass before woman #3 would receive her degree ...
I am feeling zen-like relaxation. And yet, I’m alertly observing a major operation, filled with skilled tireless professionals, conducting research, innovations, progress. How’s this possible? Lynmar Estate makes it so. Leading up to my Washington-Oregon-California tasting trip, everybody who seemed to be in the know uttered the name Lynmar. Expectations were high as we drove ...
Uh oh. We’d sold out. It was two hours into our big pre-sell tasting of Copain Wines at Vintology Wine & Spirits back in April, and the popular and delicious “Tous Ensemble” Pinot Noir was done. And our customers wanted more. My curiosity was piqued… I just had to visit Copain. A few months later, ...
We will be at a convention next week staying in a hotel where bringing you own wine is not the easiest thing. A perfect solution for this, is the lovely boxed wines which are so easy and unobtrusive to bring along and offer so many benefits, such as: No glass to break or be restricted. ...
Congratulations American wine region, you made it! You’ve graduated from an emerging wine region and you now enjoy commercial success, sales in national and international markets, and the respect you deserve. How did you do it? By mastering Vitis vinifera. In the American wine industry, vinifera is the new black. One might take this for ...
The stunner of summer! Ever since its introduction in 2014, the Wolffer Summer in a Bottle Rosé from the Hamptons, has been on fire! This year is no exception, and while they continue making more each year to keep up with demand, it continues to sell out in record time. This wine captures the essence ...
With the long, hot days of Summer not to far away Rose is in full stock and selling briskly, as it should be! I love rose in the Summer with my meals but need more variety, don’t want to get to much of a good thing! I have come to appreciate the bright, dry white ...
From MD to BU… that is the path of Kerith Overstreet, owner winemaker of Bruliam Wines. All delicious bottles from this California producer displays the Bruliam Wines logo, a riff on the Periodic Table of Elements. The center of the logo bears “Bu”, an amalgam of Kerith’s three children, and a nod to her past ...
What is your favorite wine? I am asked this question at Vintology many times a week. While I enjoy many different wines, there is one region and one wine that comes to mind as being my favorite. I love red wines from the left bank of Bordeaux, these are Bordeaux wines that have a high ...
