These thoughts are a little late in coming. For Advent 2024 we tried In Good Taste’s 24 Nights of Wine Advent Calendar (granted we mostly enjoyed the wines during the day, but as they say “tomayto, tomahto”…) The wines In Good Taste Advent Calendar are represented by 7 different brands – Andiamo (Italian), Balance ofContinue reading “24 Nights of Wines: In Good Taste 2024 Advent Calendar — Some Thoughts”
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2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 17
Grenache (California) One more week of Advent to go! Day 17th’s offering from IGT is a Grenache from California. You might recall on Day 3, we tried a Garnacha from the same label. For those who don’t know, Garnacha and Grenache are actually the same grape variety, a thin-skinned grape originating in Northern Spain thatContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 17”
2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 13
La Pluma Gewurztraminer (California) Day 13’s wine is a California Gewurztraminer from the La Pluma label. It’s been an age since I had a Gewurztraminer, and I am not sure if I’ve ever tasted one from California. Most of the Gewurzes I had were from colder climate regions. So I went into this one notContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 13”
2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 6
Betise And now for something a little different. This rose’, Betise, is an Advent Calendar first. Sure, you can say it’s the first rose’ of the Advent Calendar, but that isn’t a big deal, we’ve had rose’s before. No, this is the first jalapeno pepper-infused wine offered in any Advent Calendar. The aromas of jalapenoContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 6”
2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 4
“Andiamo” Grecanico Terre Siciliane (Sicily)(IGT) For Day 4 it’s back to Italy, or more accurately Sicily, for this Grecanico. I enjoyed this wine, but when I look at In Good Taste’s tasting notes and mine, I am wondering if we tried the same wine here. IGT’s notes say that I should be smelling and tastingContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 4”
2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 1
Live a Little Wildly Wicked White Region/Country: Western Cape/South Africa Things got off to a slightly awkward start for this Advent season. Costco decided to no longer carry an Advent calendar at our local store (something about our store not being in the “right region” – whatever), and our other stores were either not carryingContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 1”
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