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 5

Fortune Favors Mourvedre (Santa Barbara, CA) Day 4’s wine from IGT is another one from their Fortune Favors lineup, a Mourvedre. This is a complex wine with deep aromas and flavors of currant, raspberry, plum, tobacco and spice. There is also leather on the palate. This wine is full bodied and bold, with solid tanninsContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 5”