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And All Good Things Must Come to an End

It has been a great 10 years, 2005 to 2015, discovering, sampling, tasting, adoring, delighting and writing about so many wines.  

There is still much to read here, and we still drink a lot, but our writing and sharing on this blog has come to an end. 

We happily embark on other projects and leave this work to others.

Thanks for all your views. We wish you the best in the years ahead.

Cheers!

Peter Conway 

"Trouvee" - "to Find" - We Found Delights from the Central Coast in these Wines Called Truvee

From the French word Trouvee which means to find, these Central Coast wines named, in an American adaption of the term, Truvee tell quite a story.

We enjoyed them with home dinners paired to the essence we expected them to present, meals that forwarded the passionate adoration and pursuit of pure nature of two wine makers who found each other and then perhaps their best wine.   

Fabio Marchionni Makes Great Verdicchio

We love wines produced with the grape that noted Italian wine writer Ian D’Agata  asserts in his book Native Wine Grapes of Italy that “Verdicchio is arguably Italy’s greatest native white grape variety.”

Produced in two DOCs, in the provinces of Macerata and Ancona, Verdicchio di Matelica and Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi.

It was wildly popular in the US during the 60s and 70s, remember the fish bottled?

But too much of a good things became a bad things as winemakers let their quality drop.

Fortunately like other Italian whites, Pinot Grigio, Soave, that let their integrity falter, there is a resurgence in excellent wines made with the wonderful grape.  

Decanter Magazine recently listed their Top 13 Verdicchio from Le Marche.

We paired the wine with a delicious home made dinner sourced primarily from the Hudson Valley. A Fabulous Wine from One Precious Hamlet to Ours

Loving the Wines of Le Marche a Lunch with Angela Velenosi

Do you know “Le Marche?” One of the lesser known and under appreciated regions of Italy. You should, the comforting country side, the pristine Adriatic coast, the beautiful people and the fabulous wine.

We have enjoyed wines from Marche for years, our first the comely Verdicchio and then, another white that has become a favorite, delightful Pecarino. Now we know more about the other wonderful wines from this region.

Have You Seen Our Stories On New York Cork Report?

Yes we have been really getting into New York State Wines. Our stories are in the Hudson Valley section of New York Cork Report.

Check them out here New York Cork Report Hudson Valley

For the Love of Lugana

Our first taste of Lugana wine was at an exquisitely romantic restaurant overlooking Lake Garda in the storybook commune of Sirmione in Lombardy.

It was 1985, our first trip to Europe together, kind of a pre-honeymoon as we were to be married in the coming fall. 

Wanting to savor every part of Italy in it's truest form we followed the advice of a food and wine writer and always ordered the "Vino Locale" with our meals. On this night we had seafood and so it was "Vino Bianco Locale."  And of course it was a Lugana, the "white wine of Lake Garda." We loved it.

Hello Again Kim Crawford Wines You Are Better Than Ever

We first enjoyed Kim Crawford wines well over a decade ago just about the time his wine was first hitting the US market. They were bright and exciting and gained immense popularity. Crawford helped put New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc on the world stage and innovated with the now so popular screw tops.

Fast forward about 15 years and here we are tasting three contemporary bottles from the winery that still bears his name, a new wine maker, Anthony Walkenhorst, is creating wines that serve the Crawford legacy well.

Celebrate "International Sauvignon Blanc Day" Why Yes of Course!

We've started a bit early, don't want our mates down under getting to far ahead of us. They already have had a 12 hour head start to International Sauvignon Blanc day, April 24, 2015.

It's 8:00 PM Eastern Time here in Garrison NY, and we are sitting back, relaxing, I'm writing, which is for me relaxing. Our second bottle of Nobilo happily consumed. Counting down, 4 hours to go.

A few weeks ago I got an offer from the generous folks at Nobilo to give two of their vastly popular Sauvignon Blancs a new look, well I thought "that'll be beaut mate." 

Red Rhone with Chinese - Domaine Mur-mur-ium Sublime Syrah

As we have said in so many posts Rhone is such a versatile food wine. Wherever you go take Rhone along.

This 100% syrah is smooth and easy, it paired perfectly with our takeout chinese. At around 12 bucks it is just right.