Jerez the Region Jerez is located in Southern Spain in the Provence of Andalusia. Jerez is the name of the city that gives it’s name to the style of wine Marco de Jerez is the official designation of the region . Jerez is a 15 minute drive inland for the Atlantic Coast. The wine region is made up of the “Sherry Triangle” this being the cities of Jerez -Largest and most inland- El Puerto de […]
I strongly believe that if you are a wine professional or think you want to be, you should know what it is like to drag a bucket of grapes up and down steep hills at the crack of dawn. To respect the product and the people who make it we as Sommelier, buyers, waiters and wine lovers should understand the love that must go into making wine at a small estate. I asked my team […]
Washington State is a unique place to produce wine. Much of the world if asked would think of the only the rainy, green Seattle area; home of Amazon, Microsoft, killer whales and ferry boats. However the majority of the State of Washington is more like Southern Spain. A dry and arid high dessert, rolling hill and grass covered plateaus. This is cowboy land! Think of the scenery form an old western movie and you have […]
This Summer I had the pleasure of joining the Douro Boys, a group of like minded quality Port and still wine producers on a trip through the Douro Valley of Portugal. This is a region of epic beauty and rugged steep hills, think Mosel Valley but really really dry! It is breathtaking how man has shaped such a demanding place, the river and the banks. The river was widened and made calm and free of […]
When it comes to American wine Quilceda Creek is iconic, receiving insane recognition from the worlds best know wine writers. The Golitzin family began making wine at home in 1978. The winery is located in the outskirts of Snohomish a rural town on the western side of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. The grapes are grown on the Eastern side of the mountains in the dry semi dessert landscape. I was fortunate to visit […]