New World
BAROSSA GI ZONE AND OLD VINE CHARTER
San Francisco, September 2016 At a tasting recently organized by the Barossa Grape & Wine Association we had the opportunity to learn more about this high-powered Australia appellation and it’s wines, especially those savory signature Shiraz reds. According to the group: “Geographical Indication (GI) is an official description of an Australian wine zone, region or sub-region. The […]
MARLBOROUGH MOVES BEYOND SAUVIGNON BLANC
By Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis Last week the Planet Grape Wine Review team attended a tasting of New Zealand wines at 1760 in San Francisco hosted by Chuck Hayward with Marcel Giesen and Giesen’s Chief Winemaker Nikolai St. George. The title was “Searching for the Crus of Marlborough” and through four flights of wines it was clear that […]
CARACCIOLI CELLARS A Rising Star from California’s Central Coast
November/December 2015 Glass of Bubbly Read the latest column by Catherine Fallis Master Sommelier Recently I stumbled upon a very fine, elegant and dry sparkling wine from a winery I hadn’t heard of before, Caraccioli Cellars in the Santa Lucia Highlands, Monterey, California. I had been hired to saber a magnum of Champagne […]
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