Winery – Vineyard

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a winery and vineyard? The obvious is that a winery is where you make wine and a vineyard is where you grow grapes.Not every winery has a vineyard and not every vineyard makes wine. When you visit a winery that is...

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Wines served in Restaurants

Interesting tidbit……Did you know the top 100 list of wines served in restaurants iss dominated by U.S. producers, with most coming from California. There are also 15 wine makers from France, seven from Italy, two from Australia and one from Chile that were...

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Residual Sugar

I’ve spoken about residual sugar and how the percentage of it in the wine makes it semi-dry to sweet. High residual sugar can also be due to growing conditins in the grapes. Usually from varietal differences, late harvesting, botrytis or from freezing (ice wine)...

Whitcliff Vineyard’s Gourmet Burger Celebration

This event is a must! Have you eaten local grass fed beef, paired with red wine? You should attend this event. I attend last year and was amazed at the difference a grass fed burger tastes. Paired with Whitecliff’s red wines…yum!! I am now a grass fed beef...