by Greg | Apr 17, 2020 | AWS event, Valley Vine, Wine event
TRIVIA EDITION – Think you know wine? Bring it! Join us for an on-line meetup every Saturday evening at 7:00 pm. Grab a bottle of wine and join the fun. Open up anything you want to share and we’ll all talk about it together. Join the trivia games and see...
by Greg | Apr 2, 2020 | AWS event, Valley Vine, Wine event
Please forgive my light hearted approach to these serious times. But we all could use a nice glass of wine and some community about now. Please join us this Saturday evening for a Red River Valley American Wine Society Pandemic virtual tasting. Yes, it’s time...
by Greg | Mar 7, 2020 | AWS event, Education, Valley Vine, Wine event
If the last couple years of AWS tastings haven’t already told you, we just can’t get enough of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. There simply is no getting tired of it. Cabernet Sauvignon, the offspring of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is a classic...
by Greg | Feb 1, 2020 | AWS event, Valley Vine, Wine event
Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre are the three classic grapes in the red blends from the Côtes du Rhône region of France. GSM blends tend to be on the bolder end of the red wine spectrum. Grenache, the lightest of these grapes, adds raspberry, cinnamon and candied fruit...
by Greg | Nov 2, 2019 | AWS event, Education, Valley Vine, Wine event
Petit Verdot (“peh-tee vur-doe”), named after its small black berries, has long been used as a blending grape in Bordeaux, France. It used to be difficult to find varietal wines made from this grape. However, as the plantings of this full bodied, dark and tannic grape...
by Greg | Oct 6, 2019 | AWS event, Education, Valley Vine, Wine event
This is the tasting you’ve been waiting all year for. Cabernet Sauvignon, the offspring of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is a classic Bordeaux grape. But, arguably, Napa Valley has become the king of cabernet sauvignon wines. Recent years have produced...
