Welcome to Betty's Wine Musings, where you'll get fabulous wine tasting tips and wine tasting notes, discover personalized wines, and more! Whether you are a wine veteran or just getting started, there’s always something more to explore about the wonderful world of wine.
I was thinking recently about my first two favorite wines, both from V. Sattui (thank you, V. Sattui!). For whites, it was their amazing Muscat. For reds, it was their wonderful Gamay. We’ve all happily seen how Muscat has taken off over the last several decades. But it occurred to me that I’ve never seen Gamay at a winery other than V. Sattui. That prompted me to do some research. I hope you enjoy my findings.
Last week, I wrote about our 12–unknown-bottle tasting where Zweigelt (TSVY-gelt)
was one of the wines we liked the best. So this week, I thought I would learn more about this wonderful Austrian grape.
[Read more…]Having discovered ice wine in the last 10 or so years, I’ve become a big fan. It’s hard not to love such a deliciously sweet wine. I learned early on that ice wine is very difficult to make. But my recent reading of a novel made me realize that ice wine isn’t just difficult to make. It’s almost impossible to make. Read on!
[Read more…]Last week I had the pleasure of discovering Alicante Bouschet, a rare wine in California these days that was very popular during Prohibition. Today I get to talk about tasting Alicante Bouschet, because I got to do a tasting this past weekend of Alicante Bouschet and Grenache, one of the grapes used in 1866 to create the grape Alicante Bouschet.
[Read more…]Alicante Bouschet. That’s quite a mouthful. Alicante
