Wait a minute… holy crap, have we really hit 40 virtual tasting features since the start of Covid SiP sipping?!? FORTY?!?? My eyesight has taken a serious hit, and I am blaming staring at the computer screens for Zoom samples tastings during this somewhat unprecedented time of non-travel for us media types (and not yet…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up for May 24, 2021
NV Corvezzo Organic & Vegan Prosecco Rose Extra Dry (Veneto): Helllooooo red berries. And elegance. And fun! $13 B+ 2016 Vite Colte ‘Essenze’ del Commune di Barolo (Barolo): Understated, in just about the classiest of ways. $35 A- 2020 Troon Vineyard Kubli Bench Amber (Applegate Valley): You’ll want to deduct points for some lack of…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 39: Family Matters (Sokol Blosser 50th Anniversary Tasting)
Thanksgiving dinner at the Sokol Blosser household must be LIT. That’s the sense that I got, anyway, when I attended the virtual live tasting of wines celebrating their golden anniversary as a family run wine outfit. Leading us through the event were founders Susan Sokol Blosser and Bill Blosser and their second generation, Alison Sokol…
Going Behind the Bubbles for Napa Valley Wine Academy
I’m interrupting the normal stream of mini-review action this Monday with a quick hit update, to let you know that my latest piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy is available for those who just can’t get enough wine learning geekiness in their lives. In this latest piece, I tackle Everything You Need to Know About…