Put An End To Thanksgiving Wine Anxiety
If you’re encumbered by Thanksgiving wine anxiety, you’re not alone. Picking the right bottles for the holiday can be more stressful than cooking the turkey! The wide variety of flavors and side...
Wine of the Month: October 2018
The aroma of wine is a key component of the wine tasting experience. In wine tasting, the term aromatic refers to a wine which has had the time or natural ability to emit several aromas and perf...
Red Rogues Q3 2018 Club Notes
Grenache, (also known as Grenache Noir, to distinguish it from its white counterpart Grenache Blanc) is the most widely planted grape in the southern Rhône Valley, and the second most ...
Italian Wine September 2018 Club Notes
Italian Wine Club ~ La Dolce Vite
Calabria | September 2018
Where the Italian boot dips its toe into the Tyrrhenian and Ionian se...
Oh Hello, Pinot Country
Nestled between the Coastal and Cascade Ranges, the Willamette Valley is the agricultural home of northern Oregon. Driving southwest from Portland, the valley is punctuated by a succession of ro...
Reflections on Father’s Day
My dad was a meat and potatoes kind of gourmand. Growing up, pot roasts, briskets, roast duck, beef tongue, stuffed veal leg, steaks, and stews were meals I can remember repeatedly be...
Red, White & Rosé Wines for Memorial Day
If Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, then it's a great day to remember some new delicious wines I've tasted recently.
I...
2018 Red Rogues Club: Q1
Explore the Ribera del Duero
The Ribera del Duero lies both south and west of Rioja on a much higher elevated plateau, only two hours north of Madrid, in Castilla y Leon. The region spr...
Wines for Every Super Bowl Snack
2018 Wine of the Month Club: January
Influenced by the cooling effect of the Pacific Ocean, and a combination of summer fog, warm days, and a long growing season, the Carneros wine region is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in N...