Learn to pair Cotes du Rhone Blanc (white wines) In the Southern Rhône, three red grapes dominate the landscape; Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre. In the North, three white grapes do the same; Viognier, Marsanne, and Roussanne. Now that’s not to say the north only makes white wines, and…
A Guide to Pairing: Côtes du Rhône Blanc
A Guide to Pairing: California-styled Chardonnay
When we started this series last year, we never thought it’d take us this long to get to the bread and butter of white wines (pun intended), Chardonnay. Why might you ask? Well, it’s tough to say exactly, but what it ultimately came down to is the vast…
National Mulled Wine Day
Many times we speak of ancient grapes and antiquitous wine stylings on the blog here, but nothing (well, BC wine production evidence itself aside) is as old, nor still beloved after all this time, as mulled wine. Mulled wine is celebrated today to recognize the long standing tradition…
A Guide to Pairing: Nebbiolo
Hey folks, as you may well know by now, we’ve decided that February is devoted to one of our absolutely favorite grapes to gush over and geek out upon: Nebbiolo. We even made our own hashtag, #febisnebb (feel free to use it yourselves). So with that, let’s talk…
#febisnebb
While we’ve totally made this up, and it’s in no way a real thing, we’ve decided February is Nebbiolo Month for us, lovingly known internally as Feb is Nebb Month (#febisnebb) One may ask, why is Feb Nebb? It’s not like Nebbiolo is harvested anywhere in the world…
A Guide to Pairing: Riesling
Hey folks, welcome back to the Tasting Room! For our inaugural addition to the A Guide to Pairing series, we’re going to look at one of our absolutely favorite white wine grapes, Riesling! In theory, this content would be more appropriate for March 13th of the year, celebrated…
A Guide to Pairing: Cotes du Rhone Red
Learn how to pair Cotes du Rhone Red wines Hands down, our favorite day-to-day French region, especially when food is involved, is the Côtes du Rhône region (herein: CdR). There is this amazing dichotomy in the Rhône region of the south of France. On one hand, you have…
A Guide to Pairing: Holiday Pairings
Learn Holiday pairings with wine and festive holiday meals. The holidays are fast approaching, and while we’ve been doing variety-based pairings and brushing over general rules of food accompaniments, we felt it was a great time to discuss pairings for the big holiday feasts coming up. Not everyone…
A Guide to Pairing: Zinfandel
Learn Zinfandel Pairing Today marks National Zinfandel Day, so here we are to discuss food and wine and things of that nature…on we go! First off, a bit about Zinfandel California has been shown to be the premier growing region in the world for this grape, and is…