With my WSET Diploma Unit 3 exam looming in the not-so-distant future, I’ve been practicing writing essays on a variety of wine industry topics, and friends suggested I post them here. The last one was pretty dry, so this seemed necessary. Read the full article.
With my WSET Diploma Unit 3 exam looming in the not-so-distant future, I’ve been practicing writing essays on a variety of wine industry topics, and friends suggested I post them here. This is the driest. I promise. Read the full article.
With my WSET Diploma Unit 3 exam looming in the not-so-distant future, I’ve been practicing writing essays on a variety of wine industry topics. My friend Julien Marchand suggested I post them here, though he may be sorry. Read the full article.
Recently I had the immense pleasure of having dinner with some wine friends visiting town from Madison. We were pretty amazed to see a 2001 Chateau Musar Red on the list at Table, Donkey & Stick, and even more amazed at how awesome it tasted at 16 years old. This wine is always some blend of cabernet sauvignon, cinsault, and carignan, but I wasn’t able to find the cepage from this vintage. Gamey with a ferrous note and a very Tuscan florals-and-scorched-earth element, but still with a lot of dark fruit, this Lebanese gem held up beautifully with our meal. Read the full article.
I’ve been drinking a lot of beer lately, and I have to say it’s been really nice to reconnect with it. Before seeing Get Out (more on that in a minute) I had a solid day-drinking session with a couple flights at my local-est brewery, Begyle. It was a good chance to refresh myself on their lineup after almost a year in my leftover wine bubble. My favorites were Farmer’s Tan, a really beautifully balanced saison that I could drink every day, and Pinball Wizard, a milk stout that has a slightly sweet note on the finish but a good roast to even it out. Since the brewery is open Mondays and has a simple, well lit, comfortable taproom that’s kind of how I imagine my home office would be if I had one, it’s a good place to do some political reading. Read the full article.