by Debbie | Sep 30, 2020 | chilean wine, wine
Have you ever purchased plants for your vegetable garden and what grew was not the vegetable that you purchased. That has happened to me a few times. Most notable, I thought I purchased cauliflower and brussels sprouts grew. When Don Jorge Elgueta founded TerraNoble...
by Debbie | Sep 28, 2020 | Kitchen Wine, sparkling wine, wine
Cremant is sparkling wine made in France outside of the Champagne region. This Cremant comes from the Savoie region of France. The Savoie region of France is in the eastern mountainous part of France just south of Lake Geneva on the border with Switzerland. Little...
by Debbie | Sep 23, 2020 | wine
September is a great month. I usually spend most of it in the Hudson Valley. I begin with the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition at the Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival followed by a seminar or two at the festival. Then there is harvest and apple...
by Debbie | Sep 21, 2020 | Kitchen Wine, wine
The first time I got introduced to the Jacquere grape was with Winephabet Street. For the episode click here. I didn’t know that much about the Savoie Region of France let alone heard of the Jacquere grape. Today I am a huge fan of both the region and the grape. The...
by Debbie | Sep 16, 2020 | wine, winephabet street
Welcome to Winephabet Street Season 2 Episode 11 – K is for Kabar. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of Draceana Wines and I work our way through the alphabet exploring wine and wine regions one letter at a time. The show is live on the third...
by Debbie | Sep 8, 2020 | spanish wines, wine
When you first look at this label you might think Greek but it’s Spain. The Basque region of Spain where the indigenous grape Hondarrabi Zuri grows along the Gipuzkoan coast. The 2018 Txakoli Malda is produced by Bodegas Zudugarai and the only Txakoli vineyard located...
