Charles Hours

• May 2017

  Sometimes we get used to paying upwards of $100 for a nice bottle of wine from the wine shop.  Those are the 'good days' that we want to remember, but soon you notice your bank account is dropping faster than Trumps approval rating, so you start looking for more value-oriented wines that are tasty in their own right.When you find a nice wine tha... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Value Wines - under $20 USD...

  
  

• April 2016

  Have started to see the appeal in Champagne and other quality sparkling wine more and more lately. It's a festive drink with high drinkability and pleasure, provided you are drinking within the wine's general drinking window. I can remember my eldery godmother saying on one of our visits that she couldn't drink wine anymore due to her stomach is... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Bubbles - Champagne and...

  
  

• October 2015

  I've moved my post from another thread discussing problems with a Virginian cabernet franc. Thought it would be better to have a dedicated discussion here, rather than burying the discussion in that ongoing thread that covers quite different subjects.Here it is...  To get a better feel for the grape and what it can and should do, you guys should... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Experiencing cabernet franc

  
  

• June 2015

  I took a break from painting Sandra's closet to go pick up a wine order from Pangloss this afternoon.  We received six bottles; two of the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon, two of the 2012 Pinot Noir (Charles Vineyard in Anderson Valley), and two of the 2012 Tenacity (Rhone style blend).  We'll hang onto these wines for a bit.  The painting project start... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Weekday Wines

  
  

• May 2015

  EM - Hey, that's Swordfish, not Salmon.  Sandra and I both had the Swordfish, and Olga had a Tuna Tar-Tar.  I think Jim had a steak.  Regarding the opera, the music was by Gioachino Rossini, with Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, after Cendrillon by Charles Perrault.  So we had Italian with projected English titles.  It was three hours long - actuall... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Weekend Wines

  
  

• February 2015

  Cyprus and Paphos vales, the smiling LovesMight leave with joy fair Madeira’s groves;A shore so flowery, and so sweet an air,Venus might build her dearest temple there.-From Camoens’ Lusiad, 1569, Volume I Canto V I’ve got no idea who Camoens is, but I’ve used this passage twice now, both times in introductions to Madeira auctions we’ve had at C... Read More

  From the article Madeira: Twenty Years on the Comeback Trail

  
  

• February 2015

  Hi all,Just want to introduce myself. I have recently started taking an interest in wine and have come to the point where I want to start learning more about it. At this point I can identify which lines I like, and which I don’t, but I really hope to be able to take it a step further and understand what makes it so that I like certain wines and ... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Aspiring wine lover

  
  

• January 2015

  Where you drink wine can be important. An overheated or too noisy room or city stress can downgrade the pleasures of even a very good wine.  Conversely, tranquility that allows you to focus on what’s in your glass can upgrade even a so-so sipper. What if you could leave behind all aspects of external civilization, even connectivity to all signal... Read More

  From the article Wine Where the World Began

  
  

• November 2014

  While formal application-based and panel-based nominations are closed for the 2015 Washington State Wine Awards, voting for the event's People's Choice award is still open. The awards ceremony, which are scheduled to take place on January 26, 2015, at Seattle's Benaroya Hall.  The People's Choice Awards include five separate categories of recogn... Read More

  From the article Power To The People: Washington Wine Awards Voting Still Open

  
  

• October 2014

  Now in its third century, Charles Krug Winery is the quintessential example of a multigenerational winery that fuses tradition and innovation to craft wines of high acclaim. It is the oldest winery in the Napa Valley and has been owned and operated by the Peter Mondavi, Sr. family for four generations. The winery dates back to 1861, when it was ... Read More

  From the article Four Generations of Napa Valley Winemaking Tradition at Charles Krug Winery

  
  

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