Hosted by Tim of Winecast.net this weeks theme was Low alcohol red wines. Under 12.5% alcohol. Also mentioned our contest to wine the Olive Oil and Vinegar donated by Reserva y Cata wines. Restaurante Memento wine dinner on June 26th...

Litchi with hints of grapefruit and banana? Violets, roses and fresh cut grass? These are just a few of the words that might be employed when describing the aromas found in wines, but if you’re like I used to be, you might wonder – come on? Litchis? How did they ...

This week Alder at Vinography is hosting Wine Blog Wednesday. In honor of the second year ... of finding a foreign wine in a local wine shop can be a tricky task, whereby forcing me to resort to the megalith of wine stores in Madrid called Lavinia. After perusing aisle upon aisle of international wine, I settled upon a Sauvignon Blanc from Cheverny along with a Sauvignon Blanc from Rueda to add...

Rudera Chenin Blanc, 2004 $22.95 Wine of Origin Stellenbosch- South Africa For this month's Wine Blogging Wednesday #20 the assignment was to chose a white wine from the non-Big three ... apple and floral melon flavors. This wine is crisp and tart with a nice finish that lingers on your tongue. It's a perfect fruity wine for people like us who don't like things too sweet. A&T...

... of the light reds...the Loire. Yes, it appears true that the world around, red wine is getting higher ... only cabernet franc. A little digging confirmed that indeed, it's cab franc. The wine is purple, thinning out to a deep pink at the edges. It looks and smells like a wine from neighboring Chinon ... that is due to the hot weird weather in France in 2003. This is a very drinkable wine, and went...

The Pouilly-Fume was another recommendation from Gabriel at Portland Wine Merchants , my favorite wine shop. They have never led me wrong before, so when I need a WBW wine for a topic I don’t know ... . The pairing was, overall, successful. The tart minerality of the wine nicely cut through the richness of the quiche and cheese. It wasn’t one of the transcendent moments where the wine and food become much...

As another week comes to a silent close, I wanted to touch on the links that I found of interest. Want to Prevent Alzheimers? It appears as if Cabernet Sauvignon in mice can actually prevent Alzheimer. Given in moderation, it can help to prevent the brain from losing one essential ...

Wine Blogging Wednesday is always a treat, but this month, our host Sam from Becks & Posh , have ... Tarlant contacted me a few weeks ago and pointed me to her brother's blog and vlog and I was hooked ... Kladstup's book "Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times", debunks ... fine wine --like dropping fruit to reduce the yield, and ripping out lesser producing vines...

I fully admit that Iberian wines are not always the most friendly wine labels to decipher; which explains our logic in writing an entire series on how to not only interpret Spanish wine label but also the Portuguese wine label, and finally Port wine labels! But when you’re roaming your local wine shop two hours [...] More info at www.catavino.net...

Vivi's Wine Journal is host to this month's theme, BBQ Wines. I'm going to try to go beyond my need for zin for my BBQ and think up something out of the ordinary with a food pairing. I hope everyone joins in the fun, and see you all online on July 5...