California Wine

How about some California ports - Heitz Grignoglino (sp?) is very nice with dessert and not a killer pricewise. Don't know if it's available in KS.

I am almost certain that a rich, unctuous and powerful Cabernet Sauvignon (from your favorite California vigneron) will pair surprising well with Black Forest Cake. Fortified wine would be my other choice (a young Vintage...

I am curious why nobody has mentioned the proverbial home of Cabernet Franc (a.k.a. Bouchet) in (a) the Bordeaux - where it makes up as much as half of total plantings and (b) Val de Loire west of Paris where it is the...

Interesting ... I've had some Meritage wines from Niagara peninsula where the Cab Franc really shows but I'll let you know after I taste a few this weekend if the 07 vintage was weakish. However, with my California bias...

We took our honeymoon (bike trip) through the Finger Lakes, and have had a number of trips to the wineries in the past. The best wines made in the Finger Lakes are Riesling and Gewurzrtraminer. The latter are generally...

Some more figures on California wine exports: " California is the nation’s largest farming state with more than $36.6 billion in agricultural production and $10.9 billion in exports. On average, California farmers export...

East Coast Wine Geeks eh? Color me intrigued ;). Cab Franc is one of the varietals in full-throttle bloom down in Virginia, and there are a number of solid examples of it (Veritas, Michael Shaps (at the Virginia...

Sactogeek, very nifty remodelling work. Are you in California? Sounds like that type of architecture...

Another event in Northern California Wine Country! This weekend (Nov. 20 - 21) the wineries of the Carneros Region (Sonoma & Napa) are holding their annual Holiday in Carneros. I have never been to this event but there...