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Joseph Drouhin ~ Chablis and Cote de Beaune
ôMarguerite Barrett Contributing Writer To best present the effects of terroir on wine, Drouhin selected two flights, one white one red, of the 2006 vintage. Same grapes, same vintage ~ different...
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Win(e)ding Around Northern Illinois – The Valentino Vineyards & Winery
Gretchen Neuman VinoVerve Editor While wandering my Win(e)ding Roads in northern Illinois a while ago, I drove past what appeared to be a vineyard in the suburbs. Now there are several wineries in the...
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Better Know an AVA Video – Augusta AVA
Gretchen Neuman VinoVerve Editor Yes, I did say that the second video version of Better Know an AVA would be for the Western Connecticut Highlands. But several things occurred. First, I did not...
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Diamond Hill Vineyards ~ The Grape Wines
Marguerite Barrett Contributing Writer Diamond Hill produces 10 wines, five grape and five fruit, of which seven were available for tasting on Saturday. The tasting moves from dry to sweet, which at...
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
With Thanksgiving over, the inevitable slide into the Christmas holidays has begun. Usually in the weeks before Thanksgiving, this depresses me. However, this year I got the opportunity to taste a wine...
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Southern Oregon AVA
While over time the focus has been on smaller and smaller wine regions, in 2004 the TTB went completely the other way, creating a super-AVA in the form of the Southern Oregon AVA. This region consists...
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Umpqua Valley AVA
One man’s basin is another man’s valley. The Umpqua is formed by three mountain ranges: The Cascades, the Coastal Range and he Klamath, but often the area is often known as the 100 valleys of the...
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Walla Walla AVA
A town so nice, they named it twice! Well, not so much the town in this scenario as the entire appellation. This seems only fair as the this AVA is located in two separate states – Oregon and...
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Willamette Valley AVA
It’s Willamette Dammit! And rightfully so, as this appellation is the big daddy of Oregon winemaking. (also, it is pronounced Ora-gun not Or-e-gone. These folks are making you delicious wine. Be...
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Yamhill-Carlton AVA
You know that you have found a special place, when I can’t think of anything snarky or smart-assy to say about it. This is truly the case with Yamhill-Carlton. In fact, I have genuine affection for...
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