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2015 Blog Year in Review: Part III, La Paulée
This is the third in a series of posts looking back at the blog coverage areas over the past 12 months. The initial post covered activities in the area of postmodern winemaking while the second covered...
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2015 Blog Year in Review: Part IV, Galloni's Brunello di Montalcino 2010 and...
In this year-end review of activity on the blog during the course of the year, I follow up yesterday's post on La Paulée with revisits of two additional high-profile tastings.Antonio Galloni's 2010...
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Winery tour and tasting at Domaine Porto Carras (Sithonia, Greece)
I had visited Greece on a number of occasions previously but had never made it to the north so I was very pleased to be selected as a team member of the North-Greece-Wines-sponsored Press Trip to the...
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Hipster wine tasting: The Champagnes
In Orlando, distance, consumer demand, and distributor choice conspire to restrict the types of wines available on the market. To combat this state of affairs, a number of wine lovers travel to the...
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Hipster wine tasting: The white wines
They say that "stuff" flows down hill but that does not seem to be the case when it comes to "Hipster" wine and the Orlando area. Rather, we have to grab it by the scruff of its neck and drag it down...
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North Greece wine region: Wine Production
Two of the characteristics that shone through during my tour of the North Greece wine region were (i) the outstanding pedigree of a number of the iconic winemakers and (ii) the high level of training...
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Hipster wine tasting: Perspectives of selected participants
Participants in the recent Hipster wine tasting (curated and hosted by Ron Siegel and held at the International Drive Capital Grille, Orlando) were very pleased and excited to be part of the tasting...
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The wines of North Greece
The North Greece wine region has a highly favorable environment for growing high quality grapes and producing similarly endowed wines but may be offsetting these advantages through the sheer number of...
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Characterizing Rioja wines: A blind tasting
There is a group of young Somms here in the Orlando area who are at various stages of the Guild Of Sommeliers certification process and have banded together to hone their skills as they pursue higher...
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Wine and cheese in the clouds: The Rapsani (Mount Olympus, Greece) Vineyard...
We were on cloud nine after visiting Ktima Geravassiliou on our tour of the North Greece wine trail: we had been led in a tasting by Vangelos Geravassiliou, one of the living legends of Greek wine; we...
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Book Review: Suzanne Mustacich's Thirsty Dragon
This book is the War and Peace of wine literature. I had to read it twice in order to tease out the many threads and fully internalize and embrace the story that it relates. It is a tour de force,...
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Visit with the Wines of Athens producers during #winelovers Athens celebration
Ted Lelekas had done a spectacular job to date. As one of the primo Greek winelovers, Ted had taken on the task of organizing the events for the #Winelover 4th Anniversary Celebration in Athens and, as...
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The Malagouzia story and selected picks of the wines in North Greece and...
My introduction to the Malagouzia variety coincided with my recent visit to North Greece. The first location visited on that trip was Domaine Porto Carras and it was there that I first tasted...
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A "Hubble Telescope" dive into the Malagouzia story
In my recent post on the "Malagouzia story," I reached out to readers asking that if they had any additional material on the topic, I would be pleased to entertain it. Well, one intrepid reader came...
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Xinomavro: Variety, growing regions, and wines
During my recent visit to the Kir-Yianni winery in Naoussa, Stelios Boutaris described Xinomavro as a difficult grape to grow and very unique in that "it is susceptible to every pest and disease that...
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Vangelis Gerovassiliou (Ktima Gerovassiliou) fleshes out the history of the...
On March 21st, I received an email titled "about Malagousia" from Evangelos Gerovassiliou, owner of Ktima Gerovassiliou, co-owner of Ktima Biblia Chora (along with Vassilis Tsaktsarlis), former...
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The best sparkling wines you have never heard of: Domaine Karanika, Amynteo,...
My initial exposure to Domaine Karanika came about during my trip to Athens in February of this year to participate in the #Winelovers 4th Anniversary Celebration. I was on my third visit to Vintage...
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Ktima Kir Yianni (Amynteo and Naoussa, Greece): The estate and its wines
"Xinomavro is the noble grape of Greece with Naoussa appellation wines characterized by complexity, structure, and character while Anyndeon wines are characterized by elegance, aroma, and freshness."...
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Wine Art Estate (Mikrochori, Greece): Stellar food and vibrant wines
Wine Art Estate's goal is to demonstrate how well selected indigenous and international varieties perform in the microclimate of its native Drama. And, based on our experiences there during our North...
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Bartolo Mascarello 1958 - 2010: A Historical Retrospective (with Antonio...
I am a huge Barolo and Brunello di Montalcino fan and Bartolo Mascarello and Gianfranco Soldera, respectively, are in the top rank of quality producers in those regions. And London, due to its...
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