by Keith S Wallace | All Things Corked & Forked, Featured
File under: down the rabbit hole we go. Jonathan Newman, the former Chairman of the PLCB is selling wine to Tim Holden, the current PLCB Chairman for the Chairman’s Selections Program that Mr. Newman created when he was Chairman. Huh? It’s... by Keith S Wallace | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
The winery is a project of Jackson Family Wines, and this 2013 Estate Pinot Noir is its debut vintage. A very new winery, but it’s built on some seriously historic dirt. Carneros Hill is built on the site of the original Buena Vista Winery. In 1857, Agoston... by Keith S Wallace | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
A standout winery from the wine ghetto in (not so) beautiful Lompoc. While this may be the less majestic looking spot in Santa Barbara County, it’s one of the greatest spots on earth for Pinot Noir. Vineyards in Santa Rita Hills keep putting out palate poems... by Keith S Wallace | Featured, Italian Wine Reviews
Pinot Nero is Italian for Pinot Noir, but the Nero is much more Italian than Pinot. Winemakers in northeastern Italy don’t typically make Pinot is the French style, as most everyone else does. It shouldn’t surprise you that they march to a different tune,... by Keith S Wallace | Featured
Learn About Tannins in Wine What are tannins? It’s a question every wine lover asks sooner or later. Not long ago I was asked about what happens to tannins in red wines as they age. The best ad-lib analogy I could come up with at the time was this:...