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THE WHITE AND PINK SIDE OF PIEDMONT WINE BY DR. LIZ THACH MW
The White and Pink Side of Piedmont Wine
PLANET GRAPE WINE REVIEW PIEDMONT DISCOVERY
#Barolo is #italian #wine #star #Nebbiolo but there are more grapes to love! #grignolino #timarossa #freisa #nascetta Here We Go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmwo1bnN-Ts
LABOR OF LOVE – Wine Family Women of Piemonte
BOOK REVIEW BY CATHERINE FALLIS MASTER SOMMELIER Suzanne Hoffman first visited the northern Italian region of Piemonte with her second-generation Sicilian mother, Frances Castrogiovanni Manale, in 1999 while her husband was away in China. Upon arrival, they found it cold, wet, foggy and not very inviting. At table, however, the real pleasures of this region […]
ITALIAN WINE STYLE RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS
“For 30 years we came to you with wines similar to yours. Now we are bringing you wines that are easy to recognize as being from their particular region,” said Niccolo Petrilli, Ambassador for Italian Wine & Style Promotions and Area Manager Americas & New Markets at La Collina dei Ciliegi, a winery in the Veneto […]
DISCOVERY TO TABLE WITH CHANTICLEER WINES
By Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, aka grape goddess®* CHANTICLEER wines are subtle, understated, compatible with food & capable of aging. You’ve discovered a great wine, visited the winery, scored a spot on the mailing list, and the wines are now in your hands, ready to deliver pleasure to you and your guests. […]
PLANET GRAPE’S GUIDE TO STARTING A WINE COLLECTION
Do you ever wonder what it might be like to step into a room chock full of your favorite wines, pick up a few bottles that are in their prime drinking range, and step back into your dining room? For many of us this is no more than a fantasy. Unlike the classic homes of […]
ROSY PICTURE – IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT EXPANDING PINK WINE OPTIONS
THE SOMM JOURNAL AUG-SEPT 2014 At a private beach club in Ramatuelle, under the shade of pine, feet nestled into soft Provencal sand, I learned about wine in the best possible way. I observed a pack of playboys moving in on a bevy of beautiful women who were busy nibbling on seafood and sipping rosé. […]
Xinomavro
Greece is home to some of the world’s most interesting grape varieties. For over 4,000 years, the rich, spicy red wines of the relatively frigid Macedonia region, especially those of Naoussa, have been highly regarded. Legend has it that Semele, mother of Dionysus—the Greek god of wine and fertility—called the area home. Established in 1972, […]
APPELLATION Naoussa, Macedonia, Greece
The Sommelier Journal August 31 2013 Catherine Fallis, MS Greece is home to some of the world’s most interesting grape varieties, yet the wines they produce have never received much fanfare. Even visitors to the country may not venture beyond a simple local white with a dish of freshly caught fish on a warm afternoon—or […]
INTERVIEW Leonardo LoCascio, Winebow
The Sommelier Journal July 31 2010 Catherine Fallis, MS A Sicilian native has brought intriguing, family-based Italian wines to America for three decades. Leonardo LoCascio is as bold in his fashion choices as he is in his beliefs. He recently sat next to me at a Consorzio Brunello di Montalcino tasting in San Francisco, […]
RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT Alexander’s Steakhouse, Cupertino, California
The Sommelier Journal May 2009 Catherine Fallis, MS A passion for wine, a sophisticated menu, and a knowledgeable staff are the hallmarks of this Bay Area steakhouse. I first met JC Chen, owner of Alexander’s Steakhouse in Cupertino, Calif., at La Paulée de San Francisco last year. He was a guest at my assigned station […]
Barbera
Barbera is an ancient variety with historical roots in Italy. Today it remains the second most widely planted red variety, after Sangiovese. This vigorous, hearty, late ripener excels in Piedmont, where gentle fogs and undulating hills provide the ideal microclimate. This is a very dark-skinned, high acid grape, similar on paper to Nebbiolo. However, at […]
Nebbiolo
Best known as the red varietal behind Barolo, the wine of Kings and the King of Wine in Piedmont, Italy, Nebbiolo is a site sensitive, high tannin, high acid varietal. Tannins, those compounds in a wine which cause the mouth to pucker and dry out, are either from grape skins, or, much more commonly from […]
Muscat
Muscat is an aromatic grape which leads to the production of excellent dessert wines and interesting dry whites. Fresh or aged, natural or fortified the dessert Muscat wines are appreciated by experienced and young palates alike. It is the world’s oldest known grape variety, and probably originated in Greece, where it is still cultivated today. […]
Discovery to Table
Cellar to Table with Your Chanticleer Wines By Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, aka grape goddess®* You’ve discovered a great wine, visited the winery, scored a spot on the mailing list, and the wines are now in your hands, ready to deliver pleasure to you and your guests. Yet it is at […]
74th DOCG Granted – Italy Celebrates a Serious Barbera
After a frenzy of new DOCG’s, many of them granted for less than serious wines in less than serious styles (think sweet, red and sparkling), Italy’s 74th DOCG, or Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita, has been announced. Piedmont’s Nizza DOCG is official. The Consorzio Tutela Vini d’Asti del Monferrato agreed to elevate the Nizza subzone […]
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