Archive for March, 2016
SANTA MARIA’S RIVERBENCH FINDS ITS RHYTHM
Riverbench Wines Sing to Me by Fred Swan People often ask me what kind of wine I like. I taste so many different ones, very good ones, that I can’t narrow answer with a particular variety, region or style. In the end, the wines I gravitate toward and really want to drink are those that […]
MASTER SOMMELIER CATHERINE FALLIS LAUNCHES WINE REVIEW
Prime Women, March 19, 2016 Food & Wine by Tricia Conover The First Women-Led Wine Rating Panel Aims to Take the Guesswork out of Wine Purchasing (KA-thuh-rin FAH-lis) Catherine Fallis, MS, the 5th woman in the world to be named a Master Sommelier, has launched a new women-led wine-rating panel. In a Q&A last […]
VALLEY FIRE RELIEF AUCTION AT THE VINTNERS HALL OF FAME
A Message from Paul Wagner, President, Balzac Communications and Debra Sommerfield, President, Lake County Winegrape Commission We’d like to ask a favor of you—in the hopes that you might be willing to help the people of Lake County whose homes and families were destroyed by the Valley Fire. Would you please check out this link and look at all […]
AUSTRIA’S WALTZING VARIETAL – THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF RIESLING
Planet Grape The SOMM Journal February/March 2016 Benchmark old world Riesling is one of the world’s great vinous treasures, and Austria delivers it in spades. Supremely intense, rich, pungent and dry, quite different from the lacy, low alcohol, delicate, minerally, acidic and lightly to very sweet German Rieslings, and the corpulent, tangy, often sweet Alsatian […]
GAMBERO ROSSO VINI d’ITALIA 2016 SPECIAL AWARDS
Gambero Rosso, the 29-year old multimedia firm serving as a direct filter to the best of Italy’s food and wine, selects the countries best wines each year with its Tre Bicchieri ratings (three glasses) and guide book, Italian Wines. The guide includes reviews of 20,000 labels from over 2,400 wineries, and was compiled from the work of over […]
SEGURA VIUDAS GETS MANLY
Glass of Bubbly August September 2015 Issue 8 Catherine Fallis Master Sommelier Cava, Spain’s excellent contribution to the world of sparkling wines, is a no brainer when looking for bubbly at bargain prices. They range in quality from manufactured, mass produced and non-descript to artisanal and world class in quality. For me, the secret is […]
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