by Debbie | Apr 2, 2013 | Captain Lawrence Brewing, opening day
The calendar has been insisting it’s spring, and finally there was another indicator of the season on the last weekend of March—people hanging out on the back patio at Captain Lawrence Brewing, sampling craft beer, tossing the bocce balls, and thinking about the warm...
by Debbie | Apr 1, 2013 | blending trials, blending wine, ski island, whitecliff vineyard and winery
The blending began with a little 2009 Whitecliff Sparkling to cleanse our palate. Great sparkling at that! The subjects at hand were 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot. The mission, to come up with Whitecliff Vineyard...
by Debbie | Apr 1, 2013 | blending trials, blending wine, ski island, whitecliff vineyard and winery
The blending began with a little 2009 Whitecliff Sparkling to cleanse our palate. Great sparkling at that! The subjects at hand were 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot. The mission, to come up with Whitecliff Vineyard &...
by Debbie | Mar 28, 2013 | Napa Valley Wine Tasting, St Supery
When I was in Napa in January our last tasting of the day was at St. Supery, a winery I haven’t been to since 2002. (picture above) Boy have we all changed both me, the winery, the wines and the photography.The winery has just gone through some...
by Debbie | Mar 27, 2013 | Bonterra Wine, merlot
I received this wine from the PR firm to take part in a twitter tasting. Unfortunately the wine arrived a few days after the event. No wine goes to waste in this house. Bonterra is certified Organic. What does that mean….they don’t use...
