Quady 2010 Electra Moscato ($ 10 – 14)
‘2011 World Value Wine Challenge-Top 10 Dessert Wine $15 and Under’
WORLD WINE CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARD: Gold Medal
There’s an old adage around the wine community that says customer’s, “Talk dry, but buy sweet.”
Quady 2010 Electra Moscato and Quiche Lorraine
Oaxaca Criolla Green Salad with grasshopper topping paired with Pinot Noir
…when I received an “ Oaxaca Criolla” Green Salad recipe from Ix-Chel Ornelas Hernandez from Oaxaca that included a grasshopper topping I knew I had some research to do on what wine might pair with a spciy grasshopper salad. I found several opinions from entomophagy experts and a couple of local SoCal winemakers…
Muscat Makes a Big Come Back
The 2010 Moscato Allegro ($10) is an excellent place to start on your exploration of Muscat based wines. I like its fat sip of orange soda taste and honey and vanilla cream flavors; yet somehow the winemaker crafted all this into a lighter bodied wine. Not cloying, not sticky sweet.
Le Cuvier Small Lot Wines Deliver Big Taste – A Womens Wine Council Review
The April Womens Wine Council wines came from Le Cuvier Winery in Paso Robles, California. Winemaker John Much sent over six very special wines for the Council to taste. These wines were made in small case lots – about 250 cases or less, for a total of 2,500 cases total produced each year by the winery. Can you say small-lot nirvana? We did…again and again.
What to bring to a wine tasting party
In all, there are about 21 dips, mixes, bread mixes, and spreads to choose from in their FROM THE VINEYARD collection. ALL have a “wine theme.” All take just a few minutes to prepare.