Drink Academy Jun 12, 2014 All that sparkles is not Champagne: Bubbles – Methods & Recommendations It’s true that Champagne is THE gold standard of sparkling wines, but it’s not necessary to fill your flute with gold, and pay that price, to ... Read More Drink Academy Apr 25, 2014 VINcabulary : Grenache Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the vast variety of synonyms - Garnacha, ... Read More Drink Academy Dec 13, 2013 Viognier | Vincabulary Call it a Capital V for Victory for Viognier. The mighty aristocratic, yet highly hedonistic, white grape of the Northern Rhone has experienced a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 18, 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon | Vincabulary VINcabulary : Cabernet Sauvignon {cab-er-NAY so-vin-YOHn} Cabernet Sauvignon is often heralded as the King of Grapes, a cloak that this classic ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 5, 2013 Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio | Vincabulary If any grape has the right to an identity crisis, it’s Pinot Gris. This white wine grape is actually a mutation clone of the black Pinot Noir ... Read More Drink Academy May 3, 2013 Pinot Noir | Vincabulary They don’t call it the heartbreak grape for nothing. The haunting scented memories of one perfectly aged Grand Cru Burgundy have been imprinted on ... Read More Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Apr 25, 2014 VINcabulary : Grenache Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the vast variety of synonyms - Garnacha, ... Read More Drink Academy Dec 13, 2013 Viognier | Vincabulary Call it a Capital V for Victory for Viognier. The mighty aristocratic, yet highly hedonistic, white grape of the Northern Rhone has experienced a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 18, 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon | Vincabulary VINcabulary : Cabernet Sauvignon {cab-er-NAY so-vin-YOHn} Cabernet Sauvignon is often heralded as the King of Grapes, a cloak that this classic ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 5, 2013 Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio | Vincabulary If any grape has the right to an identity crisis, it’s Pinot Gris. This white wine grape is actually a mutation clone of the black Pinot Noir ... Read More Drink Academy May 3, 2013 Pinot Noir | Vincabulary They don’t call it the heartbreak grape for nothing. The haunting scented memories of one perfectly aged Grand Cru Burgundy have been imprinted on ... Read More Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Dec 13, 2013 Viognier | Vincabulary Call it a Capital V for Victory for Viognier. The mighty aristocratic, yet highly hedonistic, white grape of the Northern Rhone has experienced a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 18, 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon | Vincabulary VINcabulary : Cabernet Sauvignon {cab-er-NAY so-vin-YOHn} Cabernet Sauvignon is often heralded as the King of Grapes, a cloak that this classic ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 5, 2013 Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio | Vincabulary If any grape has the right to an identity crisis, it’s Pinot Gris. This white wine grape is actually a mutation clone of the black Pinot Noir ... Read More Drink Academy May 3, 2013 Pinot Noir | Vincabulary They don’t call it the heartbreak grape for nothing. The haunting scented memories of one perfectly aged Grand Cru Burgundy have been imprinted on ... Read More Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Oct 18, 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon | Vincabulary VINcabulary : Cabernet Sauvignon {cab-er-NAY so-vin-YOHn} Cabernet Sauvignon is often heralded as the King of Grapes, a cloak that this classic ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 5, 2013 Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio | Vincabulary If any grape has the right to an identity crisis, it’s Pinot Gris. This white wine grape is actually a mutation clone of the black Pinot Noir ... Read More Drink Academy May 3, 2013 Pinot Noir | Vincabulary They don’t call it the heartbreak grape for nothing. The haunting scented memories of one perfectly aged Grand Cru Burgundy have been imprinted on ... Read More Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Jul 5, 2013 Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio | Vincabulary If any grape has the right to an identity crisis, it’s Pinot Gris. This white wine grape is actually a mutation clone of the black Pinot Noir ... Read More Drink Academy May 3, 2013 Pinot Noir | Vincabulary They don’t call it the heartbreak grape for nothing. The haunting scented memories of one perfectly aged Grand Cru Burgundy have been imprinted on ... Read More Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy May 3, 2013 Pinot Noir | Vincabulary They don’t call it the heartbreak grape for nothing. The haunting scented memories of one perfectly aged Grand Cru Burgundy have been imprinted on ... Read More Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Mar 8, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc | Vincabulary SAUVIGNON BLANC {SOH-vin-yohn BLAHNGK; soh-vee-nyawn BLAHN} “Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush.” That was my initial introduction to ... Read More Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Jan 18, 2013 Syrah | Vincabulary Que Syrah? Est Shiraz! Though two different names, the grapes are indeed the same. What’s in a name? Well, in the case of Syrah/Shiraz, a ... Read More Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Oct 30, 2012 Riesling | Vincabulary I still remember my entry-level wine class all those years ago, working through basic characteristics of key grapes. I knew next to nothing, and felt ... Read More Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Sep 13, 2012 Merlot | Vincabulary Poor Merlot. Here it was, cruising along at the top of its game, in its lustrous plum-robed glory. One of the most popular red wine varietals on the ... Read More Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
Drink Academy Jul 16, 2012 Chardonnay | Vincabulary Chardonnay is proof that everything old becomes cool again. After attaining a pinnacle of popularity in the late 1980s, the inevitable backlash ... Read More
