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 21
Balance of Power Rosso d’Italia We travel back to Italy for Day 21’s featured wine, titled simply “Rosso d’Italia”, or “Red of Italy”, from Balance of Power. This Italian red is bold and complex, with fruity aromas of blackberry, black cherry and plum. The palate is a whopper, with rich flavors of the aforementioned darkContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 21”
2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 20
Wild Child 2023 Chardonnay (North Coast, CA) Four more days of Advent! Day 20’s offering is a 2023 Chardonnay from the Wild Child label of In Good Taste. This is the second Chardonnay on this list, the first being from the La Pluma label on Day 11. I enjoyed the La Pluma Chard, it wasContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 20”
2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 19
Balance of Power Cabernet Sauvignon(Uco Valley, Argentina) Day 19 – we try a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Uco Valley in Argentina – Balance of Power. A bold title, to be sure, but does the wine back it up? This nose is deep and complex, with aromas of dark red fruit – blackberries, black cherries, andContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 19”
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 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”
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 2 (Part 2)
La Pluma Brut (California) On the second day of Advent we finally began our maiden voyage with “In Good Taste”, a “one stop wine shop” founded in 2020, dedicated to crafting and curating small bottle wine flights and advent calendars. We start off with the first wine of the Calendar, a brut sparkling wine calledContinue reading “2024 Wine Advent-ure: Day 2 (Part 2)”
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