Tempranillo Shows Range and Value in Rioja

Tweet Last month the Vibrant Rioja US tour rolled east from San Francisco to New York. Its campaign organizers staged grand tastings in both cities coupled with two smaller, invitation-only tasting seminars designed to showcase the widest possible range of Tempranillo treatment and expression.  It was fun showing up in my Big Apple home town, [...]

Sherry Tasting: A Fortified Wine Spectrum and Two Shining Stars

Tweet There are no Sherry tastings to be found in a twenty-plus-year search of tasting events lingering historically in my personal Outlook calendar.   That was until this past weekend when I had the chance to taste a full range of styles at a Dale Cruse hosted Sherry and Tapas onslaught including Fino, Manzanilla, Oloroso, [...]