by Greg | Aug 2, 2014 | AWS event, Valley Vine, Wine event
Join us as we explore the wines of the Loire Valley of France. This area in the center of the country grows outstanding grape varieties including sancerre, vouvray, malbec, pinot noir and gamay among other local grape varieties that often get blended into these wines....
by Greg | Jul 7, 2014 | AWS event, Valley Vine, Wine event
Did you know that the State of Michigan, with it’s two great peninsulas surrounded by the great lakes, has more miles of coastline than any other state in the country? It is this coastline and the tempering affects of the great lakes on the winter temperatures...
by Greg | Jun 6, 2014 | AWS event, Education, Valley Vine, Wine event
Zinfandel has a long history in America. It was brought to New York in 1820 by a fellow named George Gibbs from cuttings he obtained in Austria. By the 1850’s the grape was being cultivated in nurseries and made it’s way to Napa and Sonoma valleys. It once...
by Greg | May 3, 2014 | AWS event, Valley Vine, Wine event
In 1806, after an arduous journey west to find a route to the west coast, Lewis and Clark blazed a trail from Oregon’s Columbia River to the Snake River to the Clearwater River and on to the Lolo Pass. Today Oregon boasts a burgeoning wine industry with Pinot...
by Greg | Mar 22, 2014 | AWS event, Valley Vine
Forty years ago when one thought of Italian wines one could only imagine cheap light chianti in squat wicker-covered bottles. Strict regulations written in the 1960’s establishing Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) regions limited the ability to make...
