Barbaresco and Barolo are two wines from the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. Both wines are crafted with Nebbiolo grapes. Barbaresco wines are crafted with Nebbiolo grapes from the towns of Barbaresco, Treiso, and Neive.  Barbaresco must age for 24 months with 12 months in oak. Barbaresco Reserva has four years of aging. The minimum […]

Last month I tasted wines from two champagne houses at the APVSA – Association pour la Promotion des Vins et Spiritueux en Amérique du Nord (the Association for the Promotion of Wine and Spirits in North America) wine tasting event in Washington DC.  Champagne Vrain?Augé had one champagne for tasting, their “Tradition.” This champagne was […]

Kuhlman Cellars is located east of Fredericksburg, Texas along Rt 290, a wine route dotted with many wineries/tasting rooms in the Texas Hill Country. We received two samples of their red wines. Grapes sourced for each of the wines came from the Texas High Plains AVA.  We learned that the winery was a passion for […]