Posted in Wine on Aug 4th, 2012
Bonny Doon, Riesling to Live, Ca’ del Solo Estate Sparkling Wine, Monterey, 2006 Fermented to dry in stainless steel before tirage bottling in methode champenoise style, then aged on lees for 30 months. No dosage, so it is beautifully crisp and just what I need to weather the muggy, oppressive, and entirely unloved blanket that […]
Le Pousseur (100% Syrah), Bonny Doon Vineyard, 2008, Central Coast (13.5% abv) There is something transporting about this wine, like being wrapped up in a harlot’s velvet shawl. You enter the room somewhat willingly, thinking you know what you’re in store for, wanting to keep it light and fun, only to find your mind and […]
Contra, Bonny Doon Vineyard, 2009, Contra Costa County (13.5% abv) At the mouth of Big Thompson Canyon in Northern Colorado, lies a small store that sells Black Bing Cherries. Juices, ciders, jams, you name it. The store itself was unmissable; a large red roof over a white building from which hung hundreds of red juice […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Mar 8th, 2009
“Terroir speaks in a very still, small voice. It is easy not to hear it above the stentorian tones of 100% new oak, 15% alcohol and the extreme tannic extraction that we find in modern wines. We winemakers need to look long and hard in the mirror” It pays to be curious, to take risks, […]
