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Holiday Sweets: Sweet Thanksgiving Wine
Holiday Sweets: Sweet Thanksgiving Wine
“The Thanksgiving table just isn’t complete without delicious, sweet wine. Few holidays cry out for sweet wine more than Thanksgiving. The turkey itself almost demands an off-dry white with crisp, balancing acidity. When you get to the classic trio of pies (apple, pecan, and pumpkin), only an intensely sweet wine will do—particularly if you subscribe to the theory that a dessert wine should always be sweeter than the dish it accompanies. “Tokaji is the granddaddy of all sweet wines. It was around before Sauternes and also predates the modern form of Port. The Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region straddles northeastern Hungary and...
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Pierre Sparr – The Wines of Alsace (Part One)
Pierre Sparr – The Wines of Alsace (Part One)
I love the white wines of Alsace; I honestly believe that this may be the greatest wine region in the world. I say that, partly as I adore Gewurztraminer, one of the region's best wines, but I'm also such a big advocate, thanks to the overall quality of the other famous whites from here, especially Pinot Gris and Riesling. I'm referring to the dry versions of these wines, and then there are the amazing vendange tardives, late harvest wines that offer outstanding complexity and can age for decades. I've tasted a lot of Alsatian wines from small and mid-sized family...
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Clos de Vougeot 2013s compared blind
Clos de Vougeot 2013s compared blind
"I have a couple of reservations about London wine brokers Fine and Rare Wines. Firstly, although they tend to dominate wine-searcher.com's listings, they hold no stock so are operating on a very different basis from their peers. You typically have to wait a month or two before taking delivery of wine (or whisky nowadays) you order from them. And secondly they saw fit to let Joss Fowler go recently. My view of this is coloured by the fact that I admire Joss as a writer so much that I was thrilled when he agreed to write for us (see Correlating...
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Vintner Hugh Davies celebrates Schramsberg Vineyard’s 50th anniversary
Vintner Hugh Davies celebrates Schramsberg Vineyard’s 50th anniversary
“It saddens me to see so many California family wineries being sold to publicly traded beverage companies. Thus 50 years of Schramsberg vintages are truly something to celebrate. Congratulations to the Davies family, who has kept Schramsberg in their possession and control since Jack and Jamie Davies purchased the Napa Valley property in the 1960s. The Davies reestablished the Schramsberg property while establishing America’s first sparkling wine house in 1965, the year their son and current vintner and winemaker, Hugh, was born. “Seven styles of Schramsberg’s sparklers are produced using Méthode Champenoise at this California Historical Landmark on Napa Valley’s...
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American Wine Royalty: Schramsberg
American Wine Royalty: Schramsberg
“When I started Opening a Bottle last year, I didn’t realize that I would get the chance to meet so many winemakers so quickly. And I also didn’t realize that so many winemakers would be such approachable, wonderful people. “It makes sense, however. They spend much of their time outside, they form a close bond with the land, they take enormous personal risk for the love of their end product, and they have to have a knack for people-skills in order to organize labor and to market and sell their product. “All of this was once again affirmed recently when I was invited to attend...
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Newsday: Drinks
Newsday: Drinks
“Schramsberg Vineyards, one of the country’s top producers of sparkling wines, has reason to be bubbly. The winery is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In 1972, when President Nixon hosted Chou En-Lai, premier of China, at the state dinner remembered for the “toast to peace,” the 1969 Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs was the beverage. “Schramsberg’s sparklers have been poured at state dinners, White House dinners and luncheons, an economic summit and President Reagan’s 75th birthday party. They’re uniformly exceptional wines. But you don’t have to drop $175 for the limited-edition Late Disgorged sparkling wines that herald the birthday. There are several...
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Schramsberg and Davies Vineyards: 50 Years of Exploring Ideal Vineyard Sites
Schramsberg and Davies Vineyards: 50 Years of Exploring Ideal Vineyard Sites
ST. HELENA (October 26, 2015) —50 years of intensive vineyard site exploration in the Napa Valley and throughout the North Coast provides the Davies family and its winemaking team with an extraordinary range of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon with which to craft fine wines, sparkling and still. Since the beginning, when Jack and Jamie Davies set out to produce sparkling wines of character and distinction using low-yielding premium Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes sourced from growers in the northern Napa Valley — Calistoga, St. Helena and Spring Mountain — the famed California sparkling wine house has never relented...
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Good Wine: Matching Alsatian cuisine with Pierre Sparr wines
Good Wine: Matching Alsatian cuisine with Pierre Sparr wines
"As dining moves indoors, a meal's star attraction shifts from the surrounding backyard, deck or park to the food itself. "To translate your standard dishes with international flavors, look to the food and wine of Alsace, France. "Bone-dry and minerally with racy acidity and delicate nutty accents, reminding this palate that elegance in bubbly is not limited to Champagne. Serve as a revivifying aperitif to tickle the palate and signal the tummy 'Food is on its way,' specifically charcuterie (or a U.S. interpretation: cold cuts), Salade Alsacienne (Chef's Salad), Tarte à l'oignon (onion pizza) and international tapas. "Alsace, located...
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Domaine Laroche brings modernity to Chablis
Domaine Laroche brings modernity to Chablis
“Domaine Laroche has deep roots in Chablis. “In 1850, Jean Victor Laroche purchased a parcel of land in Chablis and planted the family's first chardonnay vines. For the next 117 years, the Laroche family produced wine from its 15 acre vineyard; then, fifth-generation, 21-year old Michel Laroche entered the business in 1967. “In the following 11 years, Laroche hitched his vision to his youthful energy, expanding the family's vineyards to 247 acres across the four Chablis classifications: petit chablis, chablis, premier and grand crus. “And Laroche's vision went far beyond the borders of Burgundy as he shocked this region- corseted...
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Olivier Bernstein’s 2013s Turn Heads After Complicated Growing Season
Olivier Bernstein’s 2013s Turn Heads After Complicated Growing Season
ST. HELENA, CA (October 7, 2015) — The 2013 vintage release of rising star Olivier Bernstein has stunned critics around the world with red wines from the most esteemed premier cru and grand cru vineyards in the Côte de Nuits, overcoming obstacles set forth by a complicated growing season in Burgundy. Though the cold and damp spring caused initial concern among growers in the Côte d’Or, the warm months of July and August created optimal conditions leading up to harvest. “The dry month of September, in conjunction with the hard work done in the vineyards, left us in a...
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