November 20, 2020

WENTE “Riva Ranch” Chardonnay 2018

Soft and golden—with simple creamy flavors of golden delicious and honey crisp apples. Great pairing… Continue reading

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What Makes Great Wines Great? Part Two: Precision

“As I know only too well, taste is almost impossible to describe. The process of tasting is so hidden, so private, so internal that the impressions that result from it cannot be extracted and observed by anyone else to be compared and discussed. Which leaves professional tasters such as wine writers like me, and tea tasters, even parfumiers, grasping for parallels between the flavours and aromas they are sensing with those of actual objects. Fruits and flowers are especially popular in this context.”

—Jancis Robinson, in JancisRobinson.com June 7, 2021