by Debbie | Nov 13, 2019 | austian wine, wine
austian wine I recently had lunch with Heinz Frischengruber the winemaker and oenologist at Domäne Wachau. In case you are not familiar, Domäne Wachau is located in Austria and known for its outstanding Gruner Veltliner and Riesling wine. Our lunch took place just...
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...
