Since we are four tonight, I decided it was finally time to do a head-to-head comparison of 2008 Mosti Mondiale Chianti with the 2009 WE Chianti.ย Overall, both tasted very similar;ย very basic, clean, nice table wines.ย We tasted alone and with a spinach salad with blue cheese, toasted walnuts, and balsamic vinaigrette.ย Both wines […]
Monthly archive: 11 2009
After picking on one of my fellow winemakers endlessly about drinking his wine too early, I’m opening a “Cabernet Nouveau” for Thanksgiving.ย It is too early to be opening it, but my husband’s parents are here, so it seemed to call for a very special wine.ย I opened the wine and decanted it about 2 […]
Today was a game of wine shuffling.ย My hubby commented I’m playing Towers of Hanoi with the wines.ย Here’s what I have to do:ย I have 2 carboys of the syrah, and Paul needs those carboys back, so I need to move them into 5-gallon better bottles.ย The only 5-gallon better bottles I have are […]