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Archive for December, 2009

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Dec 28

Chocolate & Wine Recap

Hosting a chocolate tasting with Seattle’s Theo Chocolate not only allowed us to taste some really incredible chocolate concoctions, it gave us the opportunity to challenge our wine pairing skills. We pushed ourselves to select wines that you wouldn’t normally think as a natural match for chocolate.

Beware: reading on might lead to extreme jealousy and mild pangs of hunger.

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Dec 03

Orange Wine: A new genre (re)emerges

The wine industry is buzzing about a genre of wine that defies most conventional categories. From NYC to San Francisco, avant-garde restaurateurs, wine critics and wineshops are embracing a concept that is at once revolutionary and uber-traditional. The result is what has been dubbed “orange wine”, not quite red, nor white, nor rose.  These wines are a particular breed of deeply colored, intensely flavored wines, created only by the most artisanal producers looking to capture the essence of ancient winemaking techniques; extended skin contact.

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