Time to Try a Cold Climate White: Chankaska Creek Itasca!
TL:DR Search out Chankaska Creek’s 2023 Itasca, it’s really good! Itasca – A Cold Climate Hybrid GrapeThe Itasca grape is one of the most recent releases from the University of Minnesota’s Grapevine Cultivar Development Program. The goal of the wine grape cultivar program is to develop grapes that are simultaneously hardy to Minnesota winters (agricultural … Continue reading
Hybrid Grapes and Cold Climate Wines
It’s Time for Hybrid Grapes and WinesHybrid grapes have come a long way in recent years, as well as winemakers understanding of how to get the most out of these grapes in their voyage to become wine. Whether the concern is over grape survival in bitter cold winters or how resistant they are to common … Continue reading
Favorite Dow’s Tawny Port Pairings
Tawny PortTawny Port is a sweet, fortified wine from the Douro river valley in Portugal. Tawny ports are long aged, anywhere from 10 to 40 years. They are aged in large “pipes”, old barrels of 600 liters. This long aging causes the wine to lose its’ original deep color while acquiring unique aromas and flavors … Continue reading
A Port Primer: Do You Know Your Ruby from Your Tawny?
Why Port Wine and Choosing a Favorite StylePort wines are relatively unknown to many wine consumers, which is a shame. They aren’t in the popular dry wine, low alcohol category, but they have so much to offer. Port wines are sweet and they are fortified to a level of 19-22% abv. They are perfect after … Continue reading
Domaine Bousquet: Sustainable, Affordable, Delicious!
Domaine Bousquet – A French Family in Argentina?The Bousquet winemaking family was originally established at a property in Carcassonne in the south of France. In 1990, third generation vigneron Jean Bousquet visited the Tupungato high altitude region in Mendoza, Argentina with an idea of establishing vineyards and a winery. At that time, the area was … Continue reading
Marquessa – a Marquette Hybrid Appellation #WorldWineTravel
World Wine Travel Writers Explore Hybrid Grapes/WinesThis month, our writers are looking into hybrid grapes and the wines made from them. Hybrid grapes are becoming increasingly important as they can be bred for increased disease resistance and tolerance to different temperatures while hopefully retaining the ability to make tasty wine. Keeping all these features is … Continue reading
Explore Hybrid and PIWI Wines with #WorldWineTravel
Wines Made from Hybrid GrapesThis month, our World Wine Travel writers are exploring wines made from hybrid grapes. One might ask what is a hybrid grape? We’ll explore what hybrid grapes are, why they are increasingly important given a changing climate, and what they offer. And to answer the question of whether wines made from … Continue reading
Wine and Hip Hop – Why Not?
Wine & Hip Hop at Château du Clos de VougeotWhat do wine and hip hop have to do with one another? When I saw the event posted, I knew I wanted to find out for myself. Hip hop was in it’s infancy way back when I was in college, and I never really jumped on … Continue reading
September in France is Rentrée #Winophiles
Winophiles Investigate Fall in France – RentréeThis month, our French Winophiles writers are dusting off our cool weather recipes to highlight Autumn in France. As of 2023, Julie and I are now living part time in Dijon, France and we are getting accustomed to how things work. For instance, August is the month of “les … Continue reading
My Jancis Robinson WWC Surprise!
FoodWineClick! Wins Reader’s Choice Image AwardJancis Robinson’s website is one of the leading wine related websites worldwide. Every year, Jancis and team host a wine writing competition. Some of the entries are posted on the website over the summer with winners announced in September. This year, the competition included both written word and image, and … Continue reading
foodwineclick 