The third Friday of September is upon us so that means it is almost International Grenache Day. No, we don’t need a “wine holiday” to drink wine, but I always think its fun to toast the day, particularly when it’s dedicated to a varietal that doesn’t get a lot of
EDS719 was pretty good but now its time for the August edition. And oh August, how I have a love-hate relationship with you! It can be brutally hot as evidenced by the continuous slate of 100+ degree days we had
“Making the past a strength. An influence. Demanding precision, subtlety. Imagining the finest of wines, generous, ambitious. The continuation of our story. A story of a name, a winery rooted at the heart of Hermitage.” – Ferraton Père & Fils
I fell in love with the wines of the Rhone Valley, the Southern Rhone’s Chateauneuf-du-Pape specifically, very early on in
While sucking big time in so many ways – Prince, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Ali, Janet Reno amongst so many others leaving us; Brexit; Zika; lying Ryan Lochte; Syria; Nice; Orlando; the U.S. election (we could be here all day) – it was a great year for the Corkscrew Concierge’s
So here we are once again celebrating International Grenache Day, which is the third Friday in September. Grenache is one of those
I don’t know about you, but Iike a lot of consumers, sustainability has been increasing in importance to me. And given that this is a
For the next few months, the #ItalianFWT group of writers will be tackling the 3B’s of Italy (Brunello, Barbaresco, and Barolo) and the fun starts
2020 was like, “I wreaked all sorts of havoc in your life.” 2021 was like “hold my beer!” I so expected 2021 to be such
