Virtual (a.k.a., remote) tastings have been a thing for several years (hell, I was involved in some of the very first… daaaaannnng, remember those?!?), but they’ve positively (and virtually/figuratively) exploded during this time of SIP sipping. This has been a welcome surprise and a needed respite, since some of us (myself included) are unable to…
Category: crowd pleaser wines
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part Three (Through the Wayback Machine with Hesperian Wines)
In this edition of our sipping during the time of SIP (Samples In Progress, during Shelter In Place), we’re setting the Wayback machine for 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2016, as we go back in time and into the samples pool with Napa Valley’s perennially misunderstood Hesperian Wines. I was provided this in-home vertical tasting opportunity…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part II (Alma de Cattleya & Lucia Recent Releases)
Gotta love the modern wine biz. Despite our penchant for socialization being tampered down by the (entirely reasonable) shelter-in-place orders (courtesy of our current global pandemic), we always manage to find a way to not have to always drink alone! Last week, I was part of a cast of online wine peep characters taking part…
Shidoobee, Scattered, Scattered (Scattered Peaks Recent Releases)
Hey, remember when we used to go out and stuff? Man, that was awesome. I used to do that. Way, way, waaaaaaaay back in March. Like that time that I caught up with Robert Larson and Joel Aiken at Philly’s Parc to taste through Joel’s new winemaking project, Scattered Peaks. Back when we could travel,…
