You have precisely seven days to plan how to woo your valentine. By virtue of living in Wine Country, you have countless highbrow, decadent and pricy options. But to be gallant, you don’t have to spend $800 on a dinner for two at the French Laundry …
Yesterday I was looking for advice on Scotch for a gift. I know very little about Scotch so I went looking for expert advice from Geoff Kruth, Master Sommelier. Master Kruth is the Director of Operations for the Guild of Sommeliers, wine consultant for the Kapalua Food and Wine Fesitival, and Wine Director for The [...]
Last weekend Andrea and I headed off to the Texas Hill Country for the 19th Annual Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival. We had a fabulous time and the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce couldn’t have asked for better weather. Highs in the upper 60′s to lower 70′s with low humidity. A perfect ‘cool’ Texas Fall weekend. [...]
My wife Andrea and I are off to the Texas Hill Country this weekend to check out the Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival. Born and raised in Texas, I admit I’ve only tasted a few Texas wines over the years. Honestly most have not been that great. Over the past few years I’ve heard a [...]
Hello friends…I wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow night I’ll be hosting a class from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at Vino 100 in The Woodlands on the wines of Sonoma. We will be exploring the region’s American Viticultural Areas (AVA’s) and tasting wines from several producers including: 2008 Kokomo Sauvignon Blanc, Dry Creek Valley 2007 Schug [...]
Please join me this Friday at Vino 100 in The Woodlands from 5-8pm for a special Argentine wine tasting from Ikal 1150. Pronounced “ee-kahl eleven fifty”, Ikal means “poetry” at 1,150 meters above sea level. Poetry because of the special place where everything comes together to make excellent wines. Located in the highly prized district [...]
Recently I took a little virtual trip down to Chile for a wine tasting. Known mostly for their exceptional Carmenere, I tasted a nice Pinot Noir that turns out to be a great everyday value wine. It’s from the Ventisquero wines of Chile. I did a little research on Vintisquero and found a very large [...]
Just a quick post to let friends know that this evening is New Zealand flight night at Vino 100 in The Woodlands. Come pick three from the list and sample a broad array of wines from the ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’. Known for their Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, they also make great [...]
Recently I received a question about a wine from a Facebook friend which inspired this post on how to determine the quality of a good wine. My answer was simple but I also qualified it with a bit more detail. Here’s how it went down… Question: “Moscado – Is this wine any good? I know I know…we [...]
Drink one, hold one. This is a policy many of my fellow winos live by. Basically, when you’re buying wine that could use some aging, it’s nice to buy two bottles so you can experience the wine in two totally separate ways. This is just what I did recently with the 2007 Williams Selyem Russian [...]
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