Before you freak, let me just tell you my theory: you can’t be a great biodynamic wine maker unless you are a great winemaker. If you’re a great wine maker, going biodynamic* can add a whole other dimension to your wines. More aromatics, more flavor components, subtle structural and finishing elements. I saw this again [...]
Attractive, easy, complicated enough to be interesting. No, not your next girlfriend (or boyfriend) but Pamela Sheldon Johns’ new book: 50 Great Appetizers. Part of the “50 Great…” series published by Andrews McMeel in lively colors and a satisfying small, square shape, under $15. An opportunity to “taste lots of different little things,” as Pam [...]
Looking beyond the label and the tasting room for info on the wine world? These three recent books will take you behind the scenes in the industry. Tyler Colman writes enticingly about Wine Politics. George Tabor illustrates current closure battles in To Cork or Not to Cork. And fearless Alice Feiring delves very personally into [...]
The KINGDOM of Navarra: a blend of super-chef, medieval castles, good to great wines and it’s green, too: 38 windfarms generate 65% of their energy. An ancient tradition of wines and spirits, and very modern hearty but beautifully balanced red wines, often temperanillo and temp blends. And a few lyrical sauvignon blancs, too. We had [...]
Continue reading about Lobster that melts in your mouth — with wine — from Navarra, Spain
