Europe Wine Adventures: More day 4
A couple footnotes to our adventure yesterday. As Amanda and I were driving along the route, we spied a castle up in the hills and, feeling adventurous, we took a diversion in search of...
shiftfocus Musings and Motivations
Europe Wine Adventures: Alsace Day 3 and 4
If you’re reading this, I appreciate it. But, mostly it is for me so it may get a bit boring. Here I am, cataloging 2 days of activities, and it is amazing what I’ve...
Europe Wine Adventures: Alsace Day 2
We spent the day, for the most part, kicking around Obernai and figuring out the wine route. First the wine route, or Alsace Wine Route (Vins d’Alsace). This road winds through the French countryside...
Europe Wine Adventures: Alsace Day 1
A few months ago Amanda and I had a leisurely Saturday and, as customary in Europe, had a glass of wine with our lunch. Having our common sense dulled and our romantic idealism enhanced,...
New varietal tasting
I bought a bottle of the Seghesio Family Vineyards Fiano. Seghesio (http://www.seghesio.com) is a Sonoma, California winery and a solid producer of quality wines. The Fiano grape is native to Italy but seems to...
Out way too long
It has been way too long since coming here and I’ve missed writing. I hope to have some notes for you shortly. A couple things to consider… There is a meetup group for wine...
Funny… and back
Holy Cow! It has been almost a year since I’ve posted here. I’ve been thinking a lot about it since I enjoy writing. Then, a funny story happened and I figured that was a...
Pine Ridge Vertical Tasting
“I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I’d opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine...
Summer fun
This has been an epic Alaska summer – warm sunny days, relaxing evenings, and overworked days. Yes, nothing ever works out perfectly. For work, I’ve taken on some additional responsibilities which has required me...
Willamette Valley Day Trip Report
Mrs. AGN and I took our girls on a visit to Portland and spent a day down in the wine country of Willamette Valley, an AVA that spreads from Portland down to Eugene. There...
