Today marks Champagne Day, so what better way to celebrate than talking about Champagne pairings! A bit about Champagne: Champagne is a region, not a grape With a few exceptions, all Champagne is made from any combination of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier It can be white…
A Guide to Pairing: Champagne
A Guide to Pairing: New World Pinot Noir
Today we begin our annual Big Fall Countdown wine releases, and like last year, we’re kicking it off with a beautifully delineated, resonant Oregonian Pinot Noir that harkens to the Burgundian roots in the region. It’s also high time to begin planning for the fast approaching holiday season…
A Guide to Pairing: Introduction
Welcome to our newest series on the blog, A Guide to Pairing! In this series we’ll cover a number of major varietal wines and popular blends while discussing general – and some specific – pairing suggestions for foods or dishes. While the majority of folks know to pair…
Celebrating North Carolina Wine!
Amidst a busy month of state wine celebrations this month, is North Carolina Wine Month. Sticking with our theme for this year, we look at one of the lesser-known plantings in the state that helps define its regional identity: the Scuppernong grape. Did you know that the oldest…
It’s IL Wine Month! (Part 2)
As we continue to celebrate IL Wine Month here at Cameron Hughes, we are going to brush over some of the more off the beaten path red wines you’ll find in the state’s wine programs. Earlier this month we covered the odd whites from the state, you can…
It’s Mississippi Wine Month!
Home to the Muscadine grape! Well, not officially, but by nature of the beast. What do we mean by that? Well, there’s only three vineyards in the state with listed websites (might be some mom & pop backwoods ops that don’t make the mainstream, but we can’t speak…
It’s IL Wine Month! (Part 1)
While we’ve covered different aspects of IL wine in the past couple of years, this year we’re going to focus on a few of the varietal wines you’ll find in IL that may not be too familiar, unless you’re a local. Much of the US wine game is…
CA Wine Month
A bit on the state of affairs: There is a sense of unease right now during California Wine Month. The 2020 harvest is surrounded by concerns arising from statewide fires and smoke that began from a lightning storm in early August. New fires have also broken out during…
Let’s Talk Pinot!
Happy International Pinot Noir Day! In honor of today (and the wine you should be enjoying on such a day) we decided to talk a bit about the ancient Pinot Noir grape. Wait…ancient? Yes! Pinot Noir is one of the oldest grapes, with its DNA dating back at…
