The Inevitable Red Hills Map
Gretchen Neuman VinoVerve Editor I am nothing if not predictable. After discovering that there was a Lake County in California, it was all but certain that I would have to prepare a map of it…. So…...
View ArticleGreenvale Vineyard ~ The Wines
Marguerite Barrett Contributing Writer We kicked off the tasting with the 2008 Rosecliff Pinot Gris. Like all Greevnale’s wines, the Pinot Gris is estate-grown and these vines are about 10 years old....
View ArticleCellardoor Winery ~ The Wines
Marguerite Barrett Contributing Writer Logo from Cellardoor Winery's website I took my time over the tasting menu, and it was hard to settle on just six. Some of the choices I passed up this trip...
View ArticleBetter Know An AVA – Lake Michigan Shore
Gretchen Neuman VinoVerve Editor Continuing my Michigan winery planning I move on to Lake Michigan Shore. Why? Well it contains the Fennville AVA and is the appellation listed on the bottles for the...
View ArticleExploring Bordeaux
Marguerite Barrett Contributing Writer Picking up where I left off on Tuesday… Like any good tasting menu or flight, the Bordeaux seminar progressed along a crescendo of increasing complexity and...
View ArticleSouthern Oregon AVA
While over time the focus has been on smaller and smaller wine regions, in 2004 the TTB went completely the other way, creating a super-AVA in the form of the Southern Oregon AVA. This region consists...
View ArticleUmpqua Valley AVA
One man’s basin is another man’s valley. The Umpqua is formed by three mountain ranges: The Cascades, the Coastal Range and he Klamath, but often the area is often known as the 100 valleys of the...
View ArticleWalla Walla AVA
A town so nice, they named it twice! Well, not so much the town in this scenario as the entire appellation. This seems only fair as the this AVA is located in two separate states – Oregon and...
View ArticleWillamette Valley AVA
It’s Willamette Dammit! And rightfully so, as this appellation is the big daddy of Oregon winemaking. (also, it is pronounced Ora-gun not Or-e-gone. These folks are making you delicious wine. Be...
View ArticleQorkz.com – For Hidden Wine Gems
Do you wish you were in Napa or Sonoma right now? (Don ‘t we all?) Want to find that winery that is a hidden gem that is off the beaten path? The ones that have such a small production you have the...
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