This past week at our staff meeting we talked all about Bordeaux. Each of us was assigned homework, then brought their facts about Bordeaux wines to the meeting, which we talked about as we sampled of course! Here’s just a taste of what we gleaned: The Bordeaux wine...
Oregon is growing fantastic representations of cool climate varietals such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris. Importations of French clones have made for unique wines from mostly small, family-owned, artisan wineries. Washington is rich with soil from ancient explosions of Mount St. Helens and Mount...
Rosé… not pronounced like the flower, but rather as “ro-zay” is a pink-hued wine made from (mostly) red wine grapes (like Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Syrah and Monastrell) that are pressed but quickly taken away from contact with the skins (the part of the grape that...