It seems that people like to go big when it comes to their COVID SiP drinking these days. At least, that’s what I’m guessing the Lodi folks were hoping when they invited me to sample a handful of single vineyard Lodi Zinfandel releases as part of a presentation moderated by Stuart Spencer (of the Lodi…
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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 16 (German Sekt and… Yoga. Because Sure, Why Not?)
Ok, sure, what the hell. I’m not exactly sure what to think of what happened during the online media tasting from Wines of Germany that I attended a few weeks ago, as part of their German Wine from Home promotional program. They definitely get points for originality, though. In this particular event, titled Vino Vinyasa…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 15 (Tasting Legendary Zinfandel Vineyards)
This late in the COVID SIP game, the entire wine industry pretty much has the ZOOM tasting thing down pat. The flurry of tasting invites has been getting intense in the final stretch of 2020, so much so that I’ve been a) having to decline several competing tastings, b) totally losing track of what sample…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 13 (The Evolution of Modern Carménère with Terra Noble)
The evolutionary winemaking journey of what we might call modern Carménère red wines in Chile looks something like this: Treating it like Merlot because they actually thought it was Merlot -> Living with the fact that its tannins were just going to be green and harsh, tough nuggies -> Over-ripening the bejeezus out of the…