Archived Posts in September 2023

While grapes have been grown in the region for thousands of years, Piedmont is relatively new in the world of fine wines in the world, with some of their great wines only being known for about a hundred year, just a teenager in wine time!

Gundlach Bundschu is an old winery, not just by American standards, but truly old. Currently the owners are the sixth generation of their family to head up the winery in southern Sonoma County. Known as the Rhinefarm, a nod to their German heritage, the estate was founded in 1858. It...

Whether you are looking for powerful Cabernet Sauvignon or fresh Sauvignon Blanc both regions are making some excellent examples of either grape, that said what can you expect when buying either regions wines?

The eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea is the cradle of our modern wine culture, wine grapes (vitis vinifera) as we know them probably originated in the Caucasus Mountains on the border of Turkey and Georgia, and people, we like to think some very smart people, took those grapes and...