Archive for the 'Dessert Wines & Ports' Category

Aug 25 2010

Summer Splendor and Crémant

Published by admin under Chardonnay, Dessert Wines & Ports, Desserts, Flora, Food, Gewürztraminer, Semillon, Sparkling Wine/Champagne

As summer winds down and fall waits patiently around the corner, last “hurrahs” are sought in the final full week of August.   People push to find time to entertain outdoors and grasp at the final elements of summer to savor until next year.   It seems this summer has passed faster than others past and this [...]

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Jul 28 2010

Kicking Back With Colombard

Published by admin under Appetizers, Cheese, Dessert Wines & Ports, Desserts, Food, French Colombard, Vegetarian, White Wine

Summer continues to perplex much of the nation.   The majority of the country continues to belabor under the stronghold of a crippling heat wave; yet California’s Bay Area and Napa Valley pass each day with cooler than average temperatures.   No matter the weather that you may be experiencing, Colombard can be delightful in any summer [...]

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Jun 23 2010

Muscat Love

Published by admin under Dessert Wines & Ports, Desserts, Food, Muscat Blanc, White Wine

Summer … it has finally arrived in its entire splendor.   Bringing warm lazy afternoons and fresh fragrant ripening stone fruit, late June in Napa Valley always manages to deliver a sense that time has temporarily stopped and that the rest of the world is far away.   It is on days such as these that it [...]

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Feb 18 2010

Perfectly Pleasing Port

Published by admin under Dessert Wines & Ports, Desserts, Food, Petite Sirah, Red Wine

Port, that pleasing after dinner wine, is best known for its sweeter and “fortified” representation of your favorite wine grape.  Like any other wine, no two ports are alike and can vary greatly.   First, there are four primary types of port:  (i) vintage (which is a single grape port and often very expensive); (ii) ruby [...]

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Jul 26 2009

Find the Beauty in Your Life: Elyse, La Peche

Published by admin under Cheese, Chenin Blanc, Dessert Wines & Ports, Desserts, Viognier

Living in Napa Valley, it is effortless to find beauty as it seemingly greets your eyes and senses at every turn.   The vineyards are lined with richly aromatic rose bushes, the sunlight dances upon the grape leaves and the air is perfumed with the scent of ripening grapes.     
Pablo Picasso once said, “I do not [...]

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Jun 24 2009

Summertime “Good Libations”

Published by admin under Appetizers, Dessert Wines & Ports, Food, White Wine

The mild cooler days of June are seemingly gone this week as our temperatures here in Napa Valley have quickly climbed into the 80’s and might well hit 90 degrees by the end of the week.   As the temperature increases, people are spending longer hours out in their backyards in the evening.    Perhaps you are [...]

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