As I've mentioned before, I'm a red drinker (it didn't even stop me at my wedding, where I drank red wine all night in my white dress!). That's not to say that I won't venture to the lighter side, but I may put up a bit of a fight. I was recently perusing the Wine Folly … Continue reading Wine 3: Muscadet et Sur Lie
This week, I was fortunate enough to have scheduled a wine tasting at our local Thief Wine, at the Milwaukee Public Market, which contributed to my varietal selection this week: Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir was a wine I never tried - or at least knew I tried and gave much thought to it - until … Continue reading Wine 2: Pinot Noir
The French word nouveau means 'new', and what better way to start off the new year, than with a Beaujolais Nouveau! Beaujolais is also known as gamay, or gamay noir. One thing you'll find about a beaujolais nouveau (let's call it B.N. from here on out) is that it's recommended to drink it when its young, … Continue reading Wine 1: Beaujolais Nouveau
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