For nearly a decade The Society of Wine Educators offered a similar format for the widely recognized Certified Wine Educator credential. In 2010 SoWE is updating its exam to further delineate what they believe a wine educator should embody.
New to the exam this year is a formal presentation on a prescribed subject, either submitted by [...]
In September of 1998 Damon Goldstein traveled to Germany’s Rheingau for the first time with the purpose of visiting the family home of his sweetheart Sabrina Vochan.
Being one of the great wine growing regions on earth, he dropped in on few wineries along the way where he was stunned by the quality and style of [...]
Just because the San Diego Chargers are not living up to pre-season expectations doesn’t mean your tailgate should follow suit. A well chosen wine with your pre-game barbeque might just make you a parking lot MVP.
Modern styles of wine offer a delicious alternative to beer with traditional low and slow barbeque, and one that might [...]
So I just got through tasting and reviewing the three Big House wines that were sent to me by the distributor. While writing my tasting notes a different thought process rolled through my head. Let me explain…
A few years and beers ago my pal Dale, the bartender at Latitude 32 Grill and Pub in Pacific Beach, CA recanted [...]
By Mark the Cork Head
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Posted in News, Red, Rose, White, Wines
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Tagged Big House, california, inexpensive, pink, Red, Rose, White
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After just two years business, brothers Daniel and Georges Daou might be on the cusp of producing what could be the first true cult wine out of the Paso Robles AVA.
Heady talk when you consider they have not yet produced, nor even harvested, their first estate crop. However, if past business success is any measure [...]
Wine Style: Using Your Senses to Explore and Enjoy Wine, by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan. Wiley, John & Sons Inc. Publishing
Wine Style proposes the reader not look at wine by varietal or region, but instead by style. By doing so, the authors have simplified wine into four categories for red wines, four for whites [...]
