“Red wine has more sulfites than whites”… “I’m allergic to the sulfites in red wine”… “I can only drink white wines, sparklings, roses or desert wines because of the sulfites”… “Organic wines have no sulfites”… Several conversations in the wine aisle at the grocery store and comments made by my own tasting room guests has …
rettanomyces-Brettanomyces bruxellensis (the anamorph of Dekkera bruxellensis) is a yeast native to Senne valley in Belgium and it is used to make lovely lambic brews. In wine, however, it can spell disaster! I could write for hours on Brett, but I would bore you to be sure. Suffice to say, Brett is the stuff of …
The poetry (and irony) of grape vines… Vitis Vinifera is the species of grape we use for making most wines. Like apples and humans, wine grapes are heterozygous…that is, each seed represents an array of genetic material intent to be different from each other. Each seed is unique. But, like apples and like so many …
Description: Join us in a celebration of spice and chocolate, paired with our Winter Club Release of Atticus 2009, 97% Syrah, 3% Viogner coferment $34/bottle {$28.90 club} and Tzippy 2010, 28% Gewurtz and 72% Riesling, $14/bottle {$10.00 club} The evening will include a dinner of Moroccan Apricot and Almond Chicken with rice, Oaxacan Chocolate and …