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If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you probably know the acronym OTBN. It stands for Open That Bottle Night. This wonderful evening was created by the Wall Street Journal wine writers in 1999 as a time to get people to open up the very special bottles of wine they may have been saving for just a little bit too long. The date for OTBN is the last Saturday in February. In 2021, it’s time for our very first virtual OTBN. Read all about it here.
Every few years, WineShop At Home, the Napa winery I’m affiliated with, comes out with a Black Muscat. It is a delightful wine but one that I don’t know much about. So, I decided to do some research. Here’s what I learned. Thank you to thebacklabel and Stanne’s Vineyards for their help with this article.
[Read more…]I recently learned that, for the first time ever, WineShop At Home, the Napa winery I’m with, is going to make some wines this year using South African grapes. How cool is that. The news prompted me to do a little research, which I will share with you today. Thank you to Decanter, The Manual and WineCoolerDirect for their help with this article.
[Read more…]As a wine consultant, I get many questions about sweet wine and dry wine. My favorite is how can a wine be dry when it’s wet. That’s a really good question. Today we’re going to delve into this delicious topic. Are you ready?
[Read more…]The other day I was talking to a colleague of mine about how much we both love Rosé. We talked about it being our go-to wine in the summer. But our discussion prompted me to open a bottle of Rosé when I got home from work, and I loved it. This raises the big question: Can you drink pink in the winter? Well, I certainly enjoyed it. But I decided to do some research to validate my enjoyment. After doing so, I can confidently say yes, you can drink pink in the winter.
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