by Debbie | Apr 12, 2023 | portuguese wine, wine, winephabet street, winephabetstreet
The Jampal grape, also known as Jampel or Malvasia Fina de Jampal, is a unique and rare grape variety native to Portugal. It is believed to have originated in the Douro Valley region. It is predominantly grown in the Terras do Dão region, located in the...
by Debbie | Mar 8, 2023 | wine, winephabet street, winephabetstreet
In this episode of Winephabet Street, we learned about the Isabella grape with Stephen Casscles, a viticulturist and winemaker from New York’s Hudson Valley. His project is Hudson Valley Heritage Wines where he works with indigenous, native or historically...
by Debbie | Feb 1, 2023 | wine, winephabet street
Have you heard of the Txakoli region of Spain and/or the Hondarrabi Zuri grape? First let me tell you how these words are pronounced. Txakoli is pronounced chah-kuh-lee and Hondarrabi Zuri is pronounced ohn-dah-rah-bee Zoo-Ree. In our January episode of Winephabet...
by Debbie | Jan 4, 2023 | wine, winephabet street, winephabetstreet
Have you heard of the Graciano grape? I didn’t until we featured it on Winephabet Street in November. Graciano is mainly grown in the Rioja and Navarra regions of Spain. It is challenging to grow, is low-yielding, late harvesting and susceptible to mildew. It is used...
by Debbie | Nov 9, 2022 | wine, winephabet street
Welcome to Winephabet Street Season 3, Episode 6- F is for Frappato. In this episode of Winephabet Street, we talk about the Frappatto grape with Pietro Russo, the winemaker at DonnaFugata Winery. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of Draceana Wines...
by Debbie | Oct 5, 2022 | wine, winephabet street
Located 35 miles from Sacramento, California, lies the El Dorado AVA. Designated in 1983, it covers most of El Dorado County with beautiful views of the Sierra Foothills. 40 wineries grow 76 grape varietals, and the highest altitude vineyards is 3,500 feet above sea...