Grapelive Lastest: Brandy’s Italian Wine Trek Continues, Tuscany
Marchesi de Frescobaldi, at Nipozzano and Pomino Brandy Falconer After such a fun visit to the Marchesi de Frescobaldi camp at Vinitaly, I was really looking forward to seeing two…
Grapelive Lastest: Visiting Rüdesheim Germany (Repost 2009)
A Small (Wine) Town in Germanyby Kerry Winslow Rudesheim is to Riesling as Napa is to Cabernet, so when in Rome as they say, and I went Riesling nuts, but…
Grapelive Lastest: Brandy’s Italian Wine Trek Continues, The South of Italy
Puglia – Wine tasting at Locorotondo’s Cantina Sociale and Monopoli and Cantina Albea and Alberobello Brandy Falconer Early Friday morning, my friends and I drove to the nearby sports and…
Grapelive Lastest: Rheingau, Germamy
I’m headed off to Germany to taste wine and see the vineyards in the Rheingau region along the Rhein River near to Rudesheim. This looks set to be a great…
Grapelive Lastest: Brandy’s Italian Wine Trek Continues
Sicily – Morgante Winery in Grotte, Agrigento Brandy Falconer Noticing that the stormy weather had not subsided despite my efforts to appease the gods yesterday, I decided to try again,…
Grapelive Lastest: Brandy’s Italian Wine Trek Continues
Grapelive: Sicily Brandy Falconer Trecastagni Sicily, BBQ with Ciro and Stephanie Biondi and the winemakers of Etna region. After a week in Naples to reorganize and refresh at my friends’…
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Tasting some California Grand Cru’s When you think of Peter Michael and Lewis Cellars, you think, and rightly so, you think top quality and limited availability. They produce some of…
Grapelive Lastest: Pebble Beach Food & Wine
The Pebble Beach Food & Wine (Formally the Master’s of Food and Wine) kicked off their second year as America’s premier Wine and Food event for foodies and wine geeks.…
Grapelive: Lastest Releases and Tasting Notes from April, 2009
Grapelive News April 2009 Kerry Winslow This has been an impressive month in terms of new releases and the quality of the recent wines and vintages. I must say I…
Grapelive Lastest: Vinitaly 2009
Vinitaly, The Final Day Brandy Falconer Sunday night there was an earthquake. When it happened, I was surprised to feel it, and concerned because the apartment where I am staying…