Steve DeLong and his wife Deborah have given us a gift in their passion for wine. By creating the Wine Grape Varietal table we have a resource that didn't exsist before and now that it does it helps others to fall in love with wine as they move through it's ...

In my travels around the country as a wine lover and as a professional in the wine business over the last twenty years, I have been fascinated with growth of regional varietals. When I first started to become infatuated with wine, it was, as with many of my friends and colleagues, through Napa ... varietals started with one maverick wine maker, I presume. And success breeds success, I know. But one...

Chenin Blanc and Gewurtztraminer are what I like to call “forgotten varietals,” because most people don’t think of them until reminded. (I used to place Riesling in this category, but thankfully that grape has become more popular in recent years. So I’ll continue to plug away on behalf of the other two.) Of Chenin and Gewurz, Chenin is by far the more food friendly. It is an impressively...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Andy Coradeschi Post Time: 02-16-2007 at 10:28 PM

We were in our home town San Diego for Xmas, as we are every year with family. Had the opportunity to stop in to Brad's store, [url=http://www.varietalswine.com/]Varietals Wine Merchants[/url]. I had been to his original downstairs space a couple of ti...

[quote=Noel]I did what Dave did, since I know next to nothing about US wine. [/quote] Marshall thinks I know nothing about US wines also! ;)

I woke up this morning with a very odd thought clanking in my brain, “If the Fantastic Five port varietals are so famous, why don’t I have a clue as to how they each contribute to the pot?” I’ll readily admit that I rarely... More info at www.catavino.net...

Since we're begun sampling the 2006 vintage, I will list the full set of varietals produced. The description of fermentation is available here .Here are the grapes, all purchased from Brehm :2006 Caldwell, Napa, CA: Cabernet Sauvignon2006 Hopland, Mendocino County, CA: Cab. Sauvignon2006 Sonoma Valley, Old Hill Glenn Ellen, CA: Cab. Sauvignon2006 State Lane, Yountville, Napa, CA: Cabernet...

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