You have two issues when matching wine with the traditional turkey dinner — first, a wine that will go with turkey, and second, a wine that will have a chance to stand up to all the trimmings and various side dishes. Needless to say, this is not an easy task. Ideally, it would be nice [...]
The snobs love to put down Beaujolais Nouveau … as one of my toffee-nosed friends stated recently, “I’ve moved far beyond that gimmicky grape juice”. Ah, how quickly the leopard changes his spots … that same friend once LOVED Beaujolais Nouveau, even through Easter (!), but now is much too good for it, and would [...]
How often can you find a Barbera from Piedmont under ten bucks? And would you believe it would be any good? Once again Vias Imports delivers a great wine value from Italy, this time it’s Castelvero Barbera. The wine comes from a high-altitude (about 1200 ft.) vineyard in the Monferrato hills of Piedmont, is fermented [...]
This wine could have been the result of Southern rap (Ludacris) meeting punk rock (Sid Vicious) … but, in reality this wine has nothing to do with either. Looking again at the label, you might think “oh great, another Pinot!”. Wrong there too … it’s actually “Pinol” … but you’re getting warmer. But hey, there’s [...]
I have been swirling, sniffing, and spitting wines as a PR / marketing professional in the wine industry since 1996, and currently head the marketing communications department for Opici Wines. You can follow me on Twitter @joejanish or @wineweekly.
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