In Wine
on 31 Jan 2015
My trip to Napa for my WSET course last week was pretty incredible, not just for the scenery or weather but for the very passionate and accomplished wine industry folks I met. Best of all, I spent five days drinking things I can’t find at home: small-production California wines, examples in my course from the best wines of the world, and a few cocktails and beers to round it out. Here are the highlights in no particular order.
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In Wine
on 23 Jan 2015
After months of studying, tasting with my study group, and obsessively checking the Northern California weather forecast (in the 70s every day, though I’m told that’s unseasonably warm), I’ve made it to the Napa Valley for my WSET Level III course at the Napa Valley Wine Academy.
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In Wine
on 26 Dec 2014
My family gets pretty into wine with me at Christmas, so picking out the holiday libation list is always a pleasure. This year I had the added bonus of getting to pick out whatever I wanted from my parents’ basement collection, which has grown substantially this year since I introduced them to the wines of Niagara, Ontario.
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In Wine
on 21 Nov 2014
My intrepid WSET study group has made it through France––finally––and before we get into the Spanish and Italian regions we all know and love, it’s time for a country whose wines we know almost nothing about: Hungary. My experience with Hungarian wine has thus far been limited to the odd sweet Tokaji, which is almost impossible to avoid when you hang out with geeks in ice wine country.
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In Wine
on 11 Nov 2014
No, I didn’t stop drinking wine––you would’ve felt the great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of wine salespeople suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced––and I didn’t fall off the face of the earth. But I did get a new job, and with it, a bit of a hectic rush to get my ducks in a row.*
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