wineI ended in at the Handley Cellars sales space Friday on the PinotFest tasting close to Union Square where I not solely tasted the Estate Pinot Noir, but in addition got to satisfy Randy Schock, co-winemaker, on the Philo based Handley Cellars, the primary – and for many years the one – vintner with a certified natural winery within the coastal inland Mendocino region famous for its Pinot. Don’t be delay by the outward appearance of the winery, its mix of remaining Soviet-kolkhoz architecture with an odd amusement-park fancy decoration, there are several historic layers within the buildings, and I understand that the winery has additionally been trying to draw and entertain Armenian visitors and households in order to develop a nascent wine tourism.

Washington is Riesling country, judging by quantity of production, but it hasn’t yet established a global reputation with this wine (though it is trying to take action with the Riesling Rendezvous conference). The owner stepped into his private cellar pulled out a 1979 vintage and both the owner and buyer where pleased with the aged wine. Researchers working in biotechnology laboratories in Vienna have found that pink wine contains favorable levels of a chemical presently used to deal with type 2 diabetes patients.

Now take a generous mouthful, suck air via the wine (attempt to not dribble), swirl it around the mouth in order to cover the mouth with the wine, spit out the wine and report your impressions – (at a formal tasting, a spitoon … Read More ...