When it comes to white South Africa wines, our minds often go to the popular and expressive grape, Chenin Blanc. But Momento took it one step further for this one with producing a unique blend using this popular grape alongside Verdelho (approximately 63% Chenin Blanc, 37% Verdelho). So while the Chenin Blanc character comes through … Read more
Chenin Blanc is said to be the most widely planted grape in South Africa, and after taking a sip of a bottle like Tania et Vincent Careme’s Terre Brulee Le Blanc you’ll understand why. This one comes loaded with tart fruit and a bitterness that is balanced quite well.
When it comes to Thanksgiving, we hope that you are thinking about the wine pairings as much as you are the food. But if you are struggling with the best Thanksgiving wine pairings, don’t worry! We are here to help. In this one we thought we’d share some of our favorite pairings for different elements … Read more
One of the things students in WSET Diploma classes must learn is how to taste wine blind. Part of this is simply to get better at tasting wine. The other part of this is that the WSET Diploma exams that have tasting components often require us to identify characteristics in the wine such as its … Read more
When it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day, we love nothing more than staying in, cooking a good meal, and opening up a great bottle of wine. So if you’re like us, you may wonder what type of wine to pair with your meal. Whether you’re cooking up some fancy seafood or steaks, something vegetarian, or … Read more
Most of the wine clubs we have tried to date often follow a fairly traditional format. That is to say, you sign up, you get wines delivered every month, and the bottles you receive are often the same as every other member within your order tier. Wine.com, one of our favorite companies to order wine … Read more
In our never-ending quest to try new wine clubs, we stumbled upon Naked Wines at the recommendations of several friends. This wine club takes a different kind of approach than conventional wine programs where members become de facto “investors” of artisan wineries around the world. But rather than being part owner, the perk comes back … Read more
During our first visit to Washington, we wanted to head out to the eastern side of the state to go wine tasting. But we quickly found out that many wineries operate wine tasting rooms near Seattle as opposed to in the wine regions proper. So we stuck with wineries near Seattle and it ended up … Read more
When we visited Mexico City, we knew we had to try Mexican wine. We had heard that wine production in Mexico was increasing in recent years, but living in the United States we found that wines from the south of the border are hard to come by (and by hard, we mean virtually impossible- we … Read more
When we decided to visit friends in Seattle, we knew we wanted to get out to experience several Washington wineries. At first, we had our hearts set on hitting a proper wine region like those found in the Columbia Valley towards the eastern side of the state. But we quickly scrapped that plan when we … Read more
