Torrontes: The White Wine of Argentina

Argentina has been well known for their Malbec and Steaks, but what they must have something to wash down all their delicious fish. Enter Torrontes, the white wine that Argentina has begun to hang their hats on.  It has some of the light crisp characteristics of Albarino’s and Sauv. Blanc’s, but is very much its own [...]

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Steak and Malbec

Is there a better wine to put on the table next to grilled steak?  Not for my money.  Argentina is known for it’s thriving beef industry and its residents clearly enjoy a plentiful source of calories by consuming over 250 pounds per year, per capita. Argentina is also, fittingly, becoming known for their fine wines – [...]

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Canadian Red: Mt Boucherie 2006 Summit

Since Canadian wines are so readily unavailable in the United States, we made certain to grab a couple of bottles during our Olympic trip earlier this month. We stopped in and had a nice visit with the staff at Taylorwood Wines in Yaletown, a local shop that only carries BC wines. As I’ve been learning about [...]

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Take the E50 from Paris to Reims

… and you’ve found Champagne. I think it’s time for a quick geography lesson. Champagne is both the name of a province in northwest France and the nearly universally restricted term for the sparkling wine produced from the grapes grown in this region.  Even Oregon has laws prohibiting its wine makers from [...]

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Texas Wines

For my birthday recently my lovely wife surprised me with a trip to the Texas hill country north of our home in San Antonio. The wine industry is Texas is young – 10 years – and most places are trying to see what grows best. Nonetheless having a great wine country ambiance within an hour [...]

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