Grandfather Vineyard

• April 2013

  Chardonnay is an ideal wine to pair with many grilled foods. For one thing, it’s immensely popular—I have friends who prefer it to anything else. It is also extremely versatile, with the best examples having not only the acidity to cut through the grease and char that one expects from a lot of grilled foods, but also a richness that helps it sta... Read More

  From the article Top 15 Chardonnays for Grilling

  
  

• August 2012

  If you're familiar with Austrian wine, you are more than likely familiar with Weingut Nikolaihof. For decades, Nikolaihof has, perhaps unwittingly, been at the forefront of quality wine production in Austria and the world.Consider the fact that Nikolaihof has been practicing organic viticulture for about 50 years. This was not necessarily due to... Read More

  From the article 6 Questions with Nikolaus Saahs, Winemaker at Weingut Nikolaihof

  
  

• June 2012

  As many of my fellow Snoothers know, I'm a big fan of the wines of the Dry Creek Valley and particularly of a few of the winemakers up there.  Most of them specialize to a degree in Zinfandel, a grape that has its hard-core fans, but does not get all the recognition of more widely-planted varieties like Cabernet, Syrah, Pinot Noir.  A lot of fol... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Winemaker's Dinner at...

  
  

• June 2012

  It's that time of year. Beer is probably the best bet, but I'm wondering what wine others like to drink with Carolina-style pulled pork and/or ribs. Read More

  Forum post in the topic Carolina BBQ

  
  

• January 2012

  The discussion about "natural wine" Vs "industrial wine" is really hot in Italy. After hundred of posts, articles and discussion i can resume my opinion: 1) i like good wines, 2) i don't like bad wines, i can just add i particulary love territorial good wines.Too much simple?There's some hot discussion around and not for all the issue is so simp... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Natural wine...

  
  

• October 2011

  While October means the end of the warm season for many, for others, it marks the beginning of oyster season, a tradition that has its roots in ancient Rome.The fall oyster-eating season—months ending in “er”—spawned from an old belief that oysters weren’t edible in summer. Indeed, in the 18th and 19th centuries, sales of the slippery mollusk we... Read More

  From the article Marvelous Muscadet

  
  

• August 2011

  Cameron Hughes Lot #160Lodi, California, is in the San Joaquin Valley. The San Joaquin Valley is known for its jug wines. I will never drink a San Joaquin Valley wine. It’s a good thing I didn’t know that Lodi was in the SJ Valley when I drank that Cameron Hughes Lot #160 in March of 2010. Otherwise, I may not have known how truly delicious it w... Read More

  From the article Lost in Lodi - My Wine Epiphany

  
  

• March 2011

  Given NG's Californian Cab thread had morphed into Sparkling, I thought maybe that was a good time to take the interesting stuff coming through into its own thread.So I will start with the following sort of recapChampagne is a bit like Burgundy in that it is clearly leading the world in its reputation even in the places where local equivalents a... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Champagne and all things...

  
  

• November 2010

  As I hear from Gregory Dal Piaz and many others in the past "wine need not cost a fortune to drink well. There are also quite some books around with titles like "500 wines below € 10,- ".Looking in a wine shops you seen many wines in the range of € 20 to 50 with lables providing the same type of information many times lessI would be interested t... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Good wine must cost a bundle

  
  

• August 2010

  I consider myself very fortunate for getting to meet with Mauro Mascarello and his son Giuseppe each year, though Giuseppe was absent this year due to a miserable tooth. Not only are the wines at Chez Mascarello always a treat to experience, the company is second to none.The Azienda Agricola Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio, named for Mauro’s great ... Read More

  From the article The Wines of Giuseppe Mascarello

  
  

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