Vino 101

I first became acquainted with the wines of Fausto Albanesi  by happenstance.  I was purchasing wine from an online provider and I was short three bottles to fill out my order.  As I browsed through their offerings his 2010 base bottling of Montepulciano D' Abruzzo caught my eye, so I filled out the order with them.  I picked the wine because  I was familiar with the soft,...

This week's VinoWeek podcast features Popular Restaurant Wines , Prosecco's Growth ,   Hopkiln's Expansion and much more.    As always thanks for listening. Vino Week EP5 Vino101

This week's VinoWeek podcast features Texas wine coming your way , Italian winemaking convicts ,   more talk about sulfites in wine and a tragic murder/suicide in Napa Valley .   Jeremy Parzen pens a good post on building moratoriums and plans to ban new plantings in Tuscany .   Have you ever wondered what the real cost of a $10 bottle of imported wine is ?  We discuss these to...

In this Vinoweek podcast we discuss Yao Ming's recent foray into the world of crowdsourcing for his Napa winery.  Other topics include Premier Napa Valley , the trademark infringement suit CIVC vs Champagne Jayne , Wal-Mart suing the state of Texas for the right to sell spirits, the state of California suing Ernest and Julio Gallo over hazardous dust disposal , and this w eekend's barrel &nbs...

This week we cover the concept of terroir , the new Fountaingrove AVA , weather technology for grape growers and David Ramey 's opening of a new winery .  We also discuss Gary Vaynerchuk showing up at Premiere Napa Valley , Biondi Santi's panning of Brunello for 2014 , the economic impact of craft brewers in Sonoma County and Guy Fieri's plans for a winery in Santa Rosa.   Thanks fo...

Longshoremen Strike, Winery Development in Napa and Sonoma, Tin Capsules, Shiraz Week

There I was in one of my favorite wine stores doing my usual thing, looking at all the different labels and reminding myself to make certain that 25% of my purchases have to be of wines I've never tried before.  It's a good way to keep your mind open to new discoveries and expand your knowledge of wine.  Lately I've been on a Bordeaux buying binge as there are an astounding number of goo...