by Jo Diaz | Apr 15, 2019 | Italy, Native Variety, Red Wine, Veneto, White Wine, Wine, Wine Century Club
SAMPLES: The following are two springtime-worthy wines, fresh from Famiglia Pasqua, and the vineyards of the Veneto region in northeast Italy. “Pasqua” coincidentally means “Easter” in Italian – a fittingly wine for this coming Easter Sunday, è giusto? The Romeo &...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 22, 2018 | Hungary, Imports, White Wine, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Century Club, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine HIstory, Wine Importer, Wine of the Week
Sample wines provided by Quintessential Wines ~ Count Karolyi Grüner Veltliner 2016 PREFACE – PART 2 ~ WHITE WINES My structure: World Regions ~ FIRST HEART ~ THE WINERY: info is coming from the company’s own statements I can’t make up their history...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 21, 2017 | France, Rhone, Wine, Wine Century Club, Wine of the Week
As we finish our summer in July, August, and early September, here is a spalshingly refreshing, white wine for those lingering pool parties and trips to the beaches… Right out of the gate, let me say this 2016 Ferraton Père & Fils Côtes du Rhône Samorëns...
by Jo Diaz | Oct 22, 2016 | Albarino, Godello, Importer, Imports, Mencia, SENDA VERDE, Spain, Treixadura, Wine, Wine Century Club
This hasn’t a respite hiatus, not by any stretch of the imagination. It’s been moving from and then to a new home and new offices “time out.” It’s been 19 years since we’ve moved. I still can’t believe how much stuff (nice...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 7, 2016 | Godello, Spain, Wine, Wine Century Club
This is how it works for me, today… Wine Century Club #167 Senda\Verde 2015 Godello, Bierzo, (082016). La Senda Bodegas y Viñedos España Samples arrive from all over the world, and I’m thrilled. My scope of wine is expanding exponentially steeper daily...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 15, 2016 | #IAMarone, Imports, Italy, Wine, Wine Century Club, Wine Education, Wine tasting, Winemaking
[This map of Italy, with the Vento region highlighted, is borrowed from the Italylogue.com Website.] The Veneto region is where Amarone wines originated. My journey has just begun with Amarone wines, and it’s a love to last a lifetime. It began with Cesari...
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