This Tuesday July 5 we will have a great opportunity to meet Pierre Bories of Chateau Ollieux Romanis, and taste several of his fantastic wines. Pierre Bories is visiting Pittsburgh for only one day so I arranged with Brasserie 33 to serve four Ollieux Romanis wines. These wines are from the heart of the “Corbieres” … Continue reading Chateau Ollieux Romanis
Braddock’s American Brasserie at the Pittsburgh Renaissance Hotel has agreed to carry these wines just for our tastings each Tuesday of June from 530pm-730pm – check out the great and interesting variety of European Wines! Tuesday June 7 – These two wines were just featured in the wine spectator as “Best Values” in the Wine … Continue reading June Tuesday Tastings – great European Variety!
The 15th “Off-the-Grid” Sunday Supper Series (www.off-the-grid.ws) wine dinner was fantastic. For our 15th dinner we wanted to try a dinner theme aimed at the good old USA – and our friends at Braddock’s American Brasserie (at Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Hotel) were more than happy to work with us. Jim Henning‘s entire Braddock’s management team and … Continue reading Fantastic American Wine Dinner at Braddock’s American Brasserie
This is a Special Wine Tasting Opportunity Join Jack Brice and Kelly Wright from Esporao Wines for SIX wines and food matched to the three whites and three reds Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel (downtown Pittsburgh) Esporao’s New York based US Country Manager Kelly Wright will lead us through … Continue reading Esporao Wine Tasting at Renaissance 4 May 2011
For the fortunate 50 people who got tickets before they sold out – the Grapenuts (www.grapenuts.org) goes to Quantum Theatre (www.quantumtheatre.com) “Maria de Buenos Aires” tasting was great fun for all. Even the performers enjoyed some authentic Argentine bites and wines before the show. The empanadas were sourced from Pittsburgh’s absolute best Argentine Caterer, La … Continue reading Notes from Quantum Theatre “Maria de Buenos Aires” tasting with Grapenuts
If I didn’t know better I’d think this were a dense and muscular right bank Bordeaux – but it is actually a Haut Medoc (Left Bank) wine that uses a more-common-on-the-right-bank blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine displays trademark Merlot lushness and mouth feel, with big fruit flavors unadulterated by oak … Continue reading Château Haut Beyzac 2009 Bordeaux
The Bordeaux region of Graves is located south and east of the best known Bordeaux regions. Graves soils include a great deal of ice-age glacial alluvial gravels, so much so as to prompt the region to named after them. It is said that the Graves gravel and clay soils influence the robustness of wines made … Continue reading Chateau Tour de Rodet Graves 2009 Bordeaux
Many people enjoy the grapefruity crispness of New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs. I do too. But increasing popularity has brought to market seemingly countless New Zealand SauvBlancs with similar but nicely consistent character. This is not a bad thing at all, but for sake of variety, many people have started to seek alternatives to the popular … Continue reading Longview Iron Knob Dry Riesling 2009
Ca’Stella Pinot Grigio, Friuli Italy 2009 ($13) – Hailing from Italy’s most North-East Region of Friuli, an area well known for white wines, this affordable Pinot Grigio embodies everything I look for and expect in an Italian Pinot Grigio – the wine-makers (I believe wisely) ferment their fruit only in stainless steel tanks to maintain … Continue reading Ca’Stella Pinot Grigio, Friuli Italy 2009
Tenuta del Priore, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, 2008 DOC ($13) This red wine from the red clay soils of Central Italy’s Eastern Abruzzo region flows into the glass with strong dark red color, the nose expresses some red and dark fruit aromas. All flavors of savory, rustic red fruits and underlying notes of raspberry come through with a … Continue reading Tenuta del Priore, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, 2008 DOC
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