by Debbie | Aug 3, 2022 | Carignan, wine, winephabet street
Last month on Winephabet Street we explored the Carignan grape with Tana Cole, Winemaker at Jessie’s Grove Winery in Lodi, California. We were also joined by the big boss – Owner Greg Burns. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of Exploring the...
by Debbie | Jun 1, 2022 | wine, winephabet street
Are you familiar with Baco Noir. It’s a French-American hybrid grape but don’t let that scare you. It makes a really nice red wine with aging potential. Think of it as a poor man’s Barolo. In this episode of Winephabet Street Lori and I spoke with Carlo DeVito, former...
by Debbie | Apr 13, 2022 | Armenia Wines, wine, winephabet street
Areni is a grape that is grown in Armenia and for our first episode of Winephabet Street, we got a double A. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of Exploring the Wine Glass and I work our way through the alphabet exploring wine and wine regions one...
by Debbie | Mar 16, 2022 | Austrian Wine, wine, winephabet street, Zweigelt
Zweigelt is not a grape name you hear often, let alone are familiar with. It’s a grape I always wondered about. I knew of its Austrian roots and for the first time tasted a Zweigelt from the Finger Lakes not too long ago. But still, knowing a bit about grapes, I knew...
by Debbie | Feb 14, 2022 | wine, winephabet street, winephabetstreet
We don’t get to drink or taste many Turkish wines and I was so excited when we chose Yapincak for the letter Y on Winephabet Street. We reached out to Andrea Lemieux who is known as the Quirky Cork and a champion in Turkish Wines to be our guest. She has just...
by Debbie | Jan 19, 2022 | spanish wines, wine, winephabet street
Xarel-lo is a Spanish grape used in the production of Cava and grown in the Catalonia region of Spain. It is indigenous to Spain and I personally only thought of it as a blending grape. Little did I know……A little research, special guests on Winephabet Street an...
