by Sondra Barrett | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
Wine portrait: Pinot Noir 2008 hope & grace. The French use a term “terroir” to talk about a wine’s expression of place. They say that only certain wines express terroir which means they express the land and its temperament. We experience...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
Wine lovers talk about how a wine opens up once its let out of the bottle. When we pour wine into our glass and swirl, we’re helping the wine open up. It softens and release its many volatile components into the air, and our nose. A lot more happens, of...