Tag: Alsace

Sparkling Rosé for Your Holiday Table

Hardly a month goes by that I do not enjoy a glass of rosé. I am also very partial to sparkling wine but enjoy it a little less often only because there is so much wine and so little time! This time of year, though, with the holidays upon us, I sip sparkling wine a bit more often and I […]

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A Glass of Wine for Every Palate

We don’t all like the same kind of wine, and that’s okay, in fact it’s one of the things I enjoy most about wine. Gathering friends together over a meal and a collection of wines is always an interesting experience. I look forward to the opinions of others and how they compare to my own impressions. This collection wine, which […]

2000 Trimbach Gewürztraminer (Alsace)

We had a bottle of this 2000 Trimbach Gewürztraminer from Alsace last June and loved it so we decided to pull another one out of the cellar and see how it has evolved over the last year. The color is a beautiful honey yellow and the nose is floral with some botrytis. In the mouth you get a roundness with […]

Finger Lakes Rieslings

I had heard that the Finger Lakes region in New York was producing some nice Riesling wines but I had never had one before today.