Well it’s the end of the year and we are into a bit of cleaning out mode. So my job today is to sit back with a glass of Torii Mor 2014 Viognier and go through some Wine Spectator mags, tough job but someone has to to it. theWinesketcher is always up to the job…
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Memorable Winery Visits of 2014
A warm summer evening, a serendipitous encounter, a surprise birthday party, a missed release event, and some much needed winding down, each produced one of five memorable winery visits in 2014. One was in Woodinville in early summer, three were in Eastern Washington in August, and the last was Oregon in December. Torii Mor Winery,…
“Beer is made by men, wine by God.” Luther
So how did this fascination of mine with wine develop? I remember the days of Annie Green Springs wine (last produced in 1977). Or Almaden jug wine, it comes in a box today; but a box would never work for a candleholder, which graced many of our tables, alongside concrete block bookshelves, and kerosene lamps,…
A good bottle of wine, what’s that?
We were staying at Nash’s airBnB in Rubion, a small village in the South of France. (Actually our hostess was Corrine, Nash was her dog that we fell in love with). At the local market we bought wine for about 3 Euros, then had a picnic while sitting on a bench in front of an…
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