Category Archives: Wine Regions
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Bordeaux: What’s in a vintage?
In some wine regions of the world, the quality of wine doesn’t vary tremendously from year to year. The reason is that the weather in some wine areas remains fairly consistent and predictable. In other wine lands such as Bordeaux, vintage means everything. The weather in Bordeaux varies enormously throughout the growing season and from year to Read More
Posted in Interesting Wine Info, Wine Education, Wine Regions
- April 16, 2013
- by Don Lahey
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A Special 83 Year Old Winemaker Named Angel
On a recent visit to Spain I had the opportunity to spend time with Angel Rodriquez, one of Spain’s most revered winemakers. Anyone who has met Angel Rodriguez stands in awe of his tremendous accomplishment. Visiting this spry, witty 83 year old winemaker and his beloved Martinsancho Vineyard is a rare treat and valuable lesson Read More
Posted in Interesting Wine Info, Notes from the Panel, Wine Regions
- September 13, 2012
- by Don Lahey
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Priorat
It’s hard to imagine a more inhospitable climate and a more remote, godforsaken locale than Spain’s Priorat. Nothing but grapes could possibly thrive in such a rugged terrain scoured by gales and mistral like winds, a land set apart from life as most of us know it. Tiny towns, which cleave to Priorat’s precipitous mountains Read More
Posted in Interesting Wine Info, Wine Regions
- September 10, 2012
- by Don Lahey
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Shiraz or Syrah?
Whether we refer to this great varietal as Shiraz or Syrah, we are talking about one of the world’s most illustrious red grape varieties. It is also one of my personal favorites. Grown for centuries in the Rhone Valley of France, where it is responsible in all or part of many of the greatest red Read More
Posted in Interesting Wine Info, Wine Education, Wine Regions
- June 26, 2012
- by Don Lahey
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Have You Ever Been Wine Tasting on a Bike?
A great area to go wine tasting on a bike is in the Willamette Valley area in Oregon. There are over 150 wineries to choose from and you can visit at least four in 5 miles. The tasting fees are lower priced than Napa or Sonoma, most are around the $10.00 range. Many of the Read More
Posted in Wine Regions
- May 25, 2012
- by Kristina Manning
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A Dream Come True
For years I’ve heard colleagues and friends speak of the beauty of South Africa’s Winelands. Comments such as “the Western Cape is the world’s most beautiful wine country” and “you can’t imagine how beautiful Stellenbosch and the surrounding Winelands are”, have made me want to see for myself. I have always dreamed of coming to Read More
Posted in In the News, Wine Regions
- January 31, 2012
- by Don Lahey
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What to Look for in 2012
South Africa is the world’s ninth largest producer of wine and in recent years, South African wine has become the fastest growing imported wine into the United States. Although hardly a match yet in sheer volume for Argentina, Australia, France, Italy, or Spain, there is no denying that South Africa is making an array of Read More
Posted in In the News, Wine Regions
- January 11, 2012
- by Don Lahey
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The Wonders of Spanish Wine
At a recent panel tasting, we were truly blown away by the quality and incredible value of the Spanish wines we tasted. It is no secret that for a decade or more Spain has been the source of some of the very best red wines made anywhere in the world. And the outstanding offerings from Read More
Posted in Notes from the Panel, Wine Regions
- November 17, 2011
- by Don Lahey
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