Crémant – the Unsung Hero

Crémant – the Unsung Hero

Greetings wine lovers. The Red River Valley AWS is starting off the 2024 wine tasting season with a bang. Our next gathering will be featuring amazing sparkling wines from France. When you say French bubbly, the first thing that comes to mind is Champagne. Certainly...
Washington Blending Experiment

Washington Blending Experiment

You know we love our red wines and we love our red blends. We have tasted blended wines from all over the world. Blending is done to bring qualities of different varieties together in a marriage of textures and flavors. If a particular grape is thin skinned and lacks...
La Mancha

La Mancha

The La Mancha region lies just to the south and east of Madrid and represents the largest wine region in the world. Characterized by flat plains and long dry summers, the grapes of the region ripen to produce big bold wines. Tempranillo, Bobal, Garndacha and...
Santa Barbara Syrah

Santa Barbara Syrah

Santa Barbara County, located on the Central Coast of California, is well known for exceptional wine and not just Pinot Noir. Syrah shines in they Santa Ynez valley and surrounding areas. Santa Barbara’s cool maritime influence and east-west orientation of its...