Yup. Is this not heaven? Today I’m lunching at Black Estate, which is in Waipara Valley in the North Canterbury region of New Zealand. It’s the neighboring vineyard to my home for 10 days here in Waipara (pronounced Wi-pra) so essentially I’m doing a competitive check. Once a marketer, always a marketer… I’ve allowed…
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I’m a newly minted sommelier (CMS) with a penchant for wine travel and unearthing the story behind the grape…..
In Search of the World’s Best Pinot Noir
Blind tasting can be a challenge for even the best tasters out there, especially if the wine producer doesn’t follow the rules of “typicity”. Typicity is when the winery produces a wine based on conventional practices or styles established for a particular varietal. For Riesling from Alsace, for example, that means producing a wine…
Let The Journey Begin
Wine is as much about the journey as it is about the fermented fruit juice in the glass. Somehow wine always tastes better when it’s drunk at the source. Nothing beats sharing a glass of Brunello or Pinot Noir at the vineyard with the family who literally put the stakes in the ground or with…
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