by Debbie | Oct 9, 2019 | chardonnay, riesling, Smith-Madrone, wine
Life always takes us on twists and turns. Who knew that one class and liking beer over wine, would change the direction of your future. It did for Stuart Smith of Smith-Madrone wines. After UC Berkeley, Stuart completed his graduate degree at UC Davis in Viticulture...
by Debbie | Sep 26, 2017 | finger lakes, finger lakes riesling
It’s not every day you get to taste a wine that has won the Governor’s Cup at the New York Wine & Food Classic. This is the first year that I haven’t worked at this wine competition, and even though I’ve worked at it for the past 10 years, I’ve never got to taste...
by Debbie | Jan 21, 2016 | Alsace
I took part in a twitter tasting last week with two Alsatian wines that I was in love with. Before I go into the wines I want to talk about the producer and winemaker Florian Beck-Hartweg. Florian Beck-Hartweg is a 28 year old winemaker on a small family estate in...
by Debbie | Oct 2, 2014 | finger lakes riesling, finger lakes wines
It was quite the party Saturday night! A Finger Lakes Riesling Release party and these are the 4 Rieslings I got to taste. Of course a what is a party without some food and we had some from cheese to lobster. My tasting collection above ranged from...
by Debbie | Aug 14, 2014 | millbrook vineyards, millbrook winery
I stopped by Millbrook Winery the other day to pick up some information for the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition and I got treated to a taste of their first estate Riesling. Keeping in mind these are very young vines I was looking forward to the taste....
