Earlier this year I dropped in on a Dalla Terra portfolio tasting, and thoroughly enjoyed tasting a sample of the wide range of Italian wines – not to mention mingling with all those charming Italians! Here are a few highlights from that day: SPARKLING Adami NV Prosecco Treviso Brut Garbèl ($15). A pretty, frothy mouthful [...]
Read more →My summer white wine obsession (this year) seems to be based mostly in Italy, including a classic favorite — Soave. This dry, crisp, white from the Veneto region is made in large quantities across a notably-expanded territory. Quality can vary depending on exactly where it’s from within the region (Soave is a great example of just [...]
Read more →I recently devoted the better part of a month tasting red wines from all over Spain. The idea was to up my familiarity with the dizzying array of wines and styles and regions from this rapidly-evolving corner of the wine world. There’s a lot of experimentation going on here — with blends, with oak, with [...]
Read more →I have a longstanding and deeply-felt love for most everything Italian — but Prosecco has always been a bit of a trouble spot for me. Too often overly sweet and flabby, not to mention headache-inducing, I generally avoid Prosecco in favor of Cava when choosing an everyday bubble. (Which is not to say that ALL [...]
Read more →Last year, I spent an inordinate amount of time tasting all types of Sherries for one of the WSET diploma exams. And although I had tasted Sherries in the past — and always felt generally positive about them — it wasn’t until I spent a couple of months drinking them regularly that I really became [...]
Read more →For my money, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is the best deal around. You can be pretty sure what you’re getting — as much as any other category I can think of, and the quality vs. price ratio simply cannot be beat. Now, if you’re not a fan of this style — aggressively gooseberry/grapefruit/tropical (all at [...]
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