2 Italian Wines: Compare and Contrast

2 Italian Wines: Compare and Contrast

by | Jan 28, 2016 | italian wine

 What do you pair with two Italian wines, one a young Barbera and one a Dolcetto both from the Piedmont region of Italy?  Leftover Filet Mignon and Pasta. Neither of these wines saw any oak.  All aged in stainless steel.  They both reacted...
2 Blizzards 30 years Apart – What has Changed

2 Blizzards 30 years Apart – What has Changed

by | Jan 25, 2016 | baco noir

I survived the weekend and the Blizzard of 2015…The blizzard of the century.  This isn’t the first blizzard I lived through.  Back in 1985 I was in Buffalo NY, a senior in college and lived through that major blizzard that dumped four feet of...
2 Alsatian Wines You Must Try

2 Alsatian Wines You Must Try

by | Jan 21, 2016 | Alsace

I took part in a twitter tasting last week with two Alsatian wines that I was in love with. Before I go into the wines I want to talk about the producer and winemaker Florian Beck-Hartweg. Florian Beck-Hartweg is a 28 year old winemaker on a small family estate in...