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My First Franciacorta

May 26, 2015 – 12:30 am

Judging cavas and sparkling wines opens access to some sparkling wines that I have not tried. One of these is Franciacorta. This sparkling wine hails from the Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy. Like cava and champagne, franciacorta is made in the traditional method where the second fermentation takes place in the same bottle as the wine […]

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Tannat on My Radar

May 21, 2015 – 6:59 am

I enjoy many different wine grape varieties and the wines they make. I do have a short list of favorites though. Among my favorites are red grapes including Cabernet Sauvignon, Sagrantino,  Saperavi and Tannat. Today I have the opportunity to taste Tannat from Uruguay. I was first introduced to Tannat in Virginia, where it is […]

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Sparkling Wine Anyone?

May 19, 2015 – 6:00 am

This year seems to be the year for sparkling wines. The International Wine Tourism Conference was in Champagne, France and next year’s conference will move to Barcelona, Spain – cava country. In January, Kathy and I judged Virginia sparkling wines. Later this month, we are going to judge cavas. We are currently writing a book […]

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Sagrantino: What You Need to Know About this Italian Grape

May 15, 2015 – 6:11 am

Sagrantino is likely to be indigenous to Montefalco. Some believe the grape variety was introduced to the region by Franciscan Friars perhaps by St. Francis. Today the grape is said to only be grown in Mantefalco. However, we know of a winery in North Carolina and a winery in California that are growing Sagrantino. Wine […]

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Sagrantino Is not Sangiovese

May 13, 2015 – 5:56 am

In our second book, A Wine Tourist Guide Visiting Tasting Rooms, we wrote a chapter about wine misconceptions and myths. Arnoldo Caprai Winery in Montefalco, Italy sent  us two misconceptions that plagues their tasting room. Many visitors believe Montefalco is in Toscana (Tuscany) when it is really in Umbria. The region Umbria does share a border […]

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Johnny Walker Tasting on the Seas

May 10, 2015 – 6:06 am

A Johnny Walker promotional event on the Carnival Pride took place on our voyage. Of course after the tasting, there was a special discount for their products. The discount was 10% which amounted to over a $300 saving on the most expensive bottle. When I learned the cost, I moved away from the counter the […]

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From Wine to Rum to Wine

May 7, 2015 – 12:53 pm

Our first cruise has been eventful. We were fortunate to bring a couple bottles of wine on the cruise leaving Baltimore, Maryland heading to Grand Turk and the Bahamas. Our cruise started with a rosé champagne and will end with a cava. In between I purchased a wine package that included a choice of five […]

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Cava Mentioned in Champagne Course

May 6, 2015 – 1:01 am

I am currently taking the Champagne Master Level Course by the French Wine Society. One of the classes was devoted to sparkling wines made throughout the world. Several slides were presented about cava. Our instructor could not refrain from an occasional criticism about cava. Her first run at negativity was downgrading the grapes Macabeo, Xarel-lo […]

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Going into Teacher Mode

May 5, 2015 – 1:01 am

In late 2006, I retired from a 34-year career in education with my last several years as a lecturer at Towson University in Maryland. Kathy often tells me that I frequently go into teacher mode. It doesn’t take much for this to happen. While in a tasting room if I am swirling the wine in […]

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SOMM, not my Preference for Learning

May 4, 2015 – 1:01 am

I recently watched the documentary SOMM by Jason Wise. The film looks at candidates for the Court of Master Sommeliers and what they have to go through to pass the three-day exam.Within ten minutes, you get the idea, memorization. Granted there is a lot of wine knowledge that the candidates have to memorize via thousands […]

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