Archive for August, 2008
De Long’s wine grape varietal table
Monday, August 11th, 2008My lovely sister shipped this De Long’s poster to me for my birthday. Also included was a little book, The Wine and Grape Indexes, that tells you what grapes are blended in a ‘type’ of wine, very useful for French, Italian and Spanish wines. Thanks, Lauren!
Spanish wine tasting @ Wine Authorities
Saturday, August 9th, 2008There’s nothing like a beautiful day and some Spanish wine to bring people out to a wine tasting!
We started with the Canals Canals Brut Nature Gran Reserva Cava (NV) from the Penedes region of Spain. I found it very light at first but after a few sips, it opened with some clean citrus notes. Great [...]
NC wines reviewed at IndyWeek.com
Saturday, August 9th, 2008A local food blogger who likes wine and some other local wine folks gathered around to do a blind tasting featuring NC wines with a few imposters thrown in for some perspective.
I think it’s easy to bash North Carolina wines, but with more opening every year, it’s a good time to give some a try. [...]
wine class at NCMA this fall
Friday, August 8th, 2008Wine Authorities is repeating last years’ four part wine class with the North Carolina Museum of Art. The format is three Thursday nights at the Museum on October 16, 23, & 30 and the last class at the Wine Authorities location in Durham mid-afternoon Sunday, November 2nd. This is an extensive intro class including wines, [...]
Buitenverwacht… huh? No need to pronounce it, just enjoy.
Thursday, August 7th, 2008On our last visit to South Africa, we explored quite a few wineries, one of which was Buitenverwachting in Constantia. We had tried the ‘Beyond’ sauvignon blanc at the Frisky Oyster in Greenport, NY just before we left but the name difference threw the winery folks for a loop on our visit.
(The vines of [...]
looking for something (wine-related) to do this weekend or next?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008DelFosse Winery in Faber, VA has some weekend activities planned for those folks looking to escape the heat down here. We visited this winery when they first started out during one of our road trips and found the people and the wine (especially the reds) to be very nice. Check out the events page for [...]
20th annual food and wine festival at Pinehurst
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008It’s that time again, mark your calendars for the 20th Anniversary Food and Wine Festival at the Pinehurst Resort held from Thursday, August 28, 2008 to Monday, September 1, 2008.
While this isn’t technically in the Triangle, it’s a pretty big event, so you should know about it. :)
Over 200 international wineries will be present for [...]
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