Archive for September, 2011
Sonoma: A Wine Odyssey
Restrained. Not a word you’d usually associate with Californian wine. And yet, here we were, drinking a succession of decidedly unshowy whites at the Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg, Sonoma.
This is not the first time we’ve been here and – given its distance from grey old London – we always splash out on the tasting menu with wines. It’s one of Mr. SipSwoosh’s favourite things to do in one of his favourite places in the world.
However, I don’t remember the white wines being quite this reined in when we were last here, three years ago. (more…)
A Leaf-Kicking Wine
What’s the best way to describe a wine?
It seems there are now two schools of thought. (more…)
Wild About Barrel-Fermented Sauvignon
In a nation awash with Oyster Bay, I find it hard to get excited by Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc anymore.
Unless it has been fermented in oak and sat on its lees (the dead yeast deposits from fermentation). (more…)