Rodney Strong founder Rod Strong was a bit of an… overachiever. We’re talking the-kind-of-person-who-you-thought-only-existed-in-World’s-Most-Interesting-Man levels of overachiever. Simply listing the guy’s bootstrapped résumé is enough to paint the proper picture: Senior class president, 3 sport athlete, theater regular, clarinet player, Army veteran, school dropout (he did that at the age of 18 in order to…
Category: crowd pleaser wines
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 25: Like Handmade Pasta (Sensi Recent Releases)
“We do our wine like handmade pasta.” And in that little offhand quip, Massimo Sensi – part of the 4th generation behind Sensi wines, in operation since 1895 – pretty much summed up everything you need to know about his family’s perennially crowd-pleasing wine operation. Another way to get an insight into what Massimo and…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 24: Life’s a Bowl of Cherryblock (Sebastiani Cabernet Recent Releases)
Out of the many (many) virtual media/samples tastings I’ve taken part in remotely due to Covid-19 SiP, this one was near the top of my list as potentially most intriguing. That’s because this one was focused specifically on Sebastiani’s high-end Cabernet Sauvignon lineup (as guided by winemakers Sarah Quider and Mark Beaman), including the iconic…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 23: The Other Prosecco (Tasting Conegliano Valdobbiadene)
In my experience, most people don’t know Jack about Prosecco, despite the fact that we drink metric tons of it (pre-Covid 2019 saw some of the best sales numbers ever for the stuff). Which, generally, is just fine; most Prosecco isn’t worth getting to know deeply. Not that it’s bad, mind you (thankfully, Prosecco seems…
