andychalk 2 days ago 2 min Wine Serving Rituals - One That We Ought To Adopt by Andrew Chalk Lettie Teague writes the Saturday wine column in The Wall Street Journal. There is no single publication that gets deeper...
andychalk 6 days ago 3 min Doing Acrobatics With Oregon Wine by Andrew Chalk When a large organization has or acquires a small winery as part of its portfolio you always worry that quality will go d...
andychalk Nov 13 2 min New Version of Wine Selection Program Allows Users to Select Wine From Black-Owned Wineries From the wires…. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2020 Sippd has launched a new feature allowing users to browse a compilation of Black-ow...
andychalk Nov 10 1 min Wine For The Holidays by Media Wire Texas Fine Wine is offering its first-ever Holiday Celebration Pack that includes a wine from each of these five exceptiona...
andychalk Nov 6 1 min Which Grapes Suffer From Frost? by Andrew Chalk Reproduced below is a table from Pierre Helwi on vine damage in the Texas High Plains AVA from the October 2019 (Hallowee...
andychalk Nov 5 1 min WINE REVIEW: Cakebread 2019 Chardonnay, Napa Valley, CA ($41) by Andrew Chalk A famous name in Napa, Cakebread Cellars is known for their Chardonnay, with their ‘reserve’ expression especially sought...
andychalk Oct 30 1 min WINE REVIEW: Salustri 2018 ‘Marleo’ Rosso Montecucco DOC, Italy ($20) by Andrew Chalk Montecucco is in the south of Tuscany so it is no surprise to find that this wine is 90% Sangiovese (the other 10% is the...
andychalk Oct 28 1 min MIDLIFE NON-CRISIS: La Jota Vineyard Co., 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, Napa, CA ($125) by Andrew Chalk We are tasting a five-year-old Napa Cabernet Sauvignon wine so this...
andychalk Oct 27 1 min WINE REVIEW: 2017 Umberto Cesari ‘Liano’, Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon, Rubicone, IGT, Italy ($35) by Andrew Chalk This wine is from an IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) area. That means that the area as a whole has not produced wines...
andychalk Oct 22 2 min WINE REVIEW: 2017 Château Malescasse, Haut-Medoc, ‘Cru Bourgeois’, France ($22) by Andrew Chalk You may think of wines from Bordeaux, maybe the most prestigious wine growing region of the world, as too expensive for r...
andychalk Oct 20 1 min WINE REVIEW: Long Meadow Ranch 2016 Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley, CA ($45) by Andrew Chalk Long Meadow Ranch has already established an impressive track record with its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines from Califo...
andychalk Oct 15 1 min WINE REVIEW: Nyetimber 2013 ‘Blanc de Blancs’ Brut, England ($82) by Andrew Chalk The category of English wine worth watching is sparkling wine. That is because the soil in the south is a lineal continua...
andychalk Oct 14 2 min WINE REVIEW: Cedar + Salmon 2017 Red Wine Blend, Walla Walla Valley, WA ($25) by Andrew Chalk This is a Bordeaux blend from the second largest producing state (after California). It is a blend of 45% Merlot, 30% Cab...
andychalk Oct 13 1 min WINE REVIEW: Rustic Spur Vineyards, 2017 Souzão, Est. Grown, ‘Papaw Moyer’, Texas Hill Country ($48) by Andrew Chalk Rustic Spur Vineyards, a new vineyard that can be hard to find due to their sometimes branding themselves as Vintners Hi...
andychalk Oct 12 1 min WINE REVIEW: Groth 2019 Estate White, Oakville, Napa Valley CA ($50) by Andrew Chalk Yes, you read that right. A white wine from famed Napa Cabernet Sauvignon maker, Groth. And an estate wine at that. It be...
andychalk Oct 9 1 min WINE REVIEW: Cona Sur 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Syrah. Chile ($13) by Andrew Chalk Two things in the wine world worth knowing are Chile, and Carménère. Chile is the South American country with boundless o...
andychalk Oct 8 1 min WINE REVIEW: Old Soul 2018 Estate Grown Pinot Noir, Lodi, CA ($13) by Andrew Chalk The Old Soul line from Oak Ridge Vineyards offers a Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and this Pinot Noir, all at $13. Clea...
andychalk Oct 7 2 min A Master of Wine Passes Judgement on a Texas Wine by Andrew Chalk The 2019 Texas International Wine Competition held a judges’ tour at Ron Yates Wines. One of the judges was John Salvi, M...
andychalk Oct 6 1 min WINE REVIEW: William Chris Vineyards 2018 Mourvèdre La Pradera Vineyards, Texas High Plains ($38) by Andrew Chalk Mourvèdre (also known as Monastrel) is one of the best-performing wines in Texas and William Chris Vineyards is one of it...
andychalk Oct 5 1 min WINE REVIEW: Pheasant Ridge 2015 ‘Blanc de Noirs’ Sparkling Wine, Texas High Plains ($30) by Andrew Chalk Sparkling wine has been one of the growth categories in Texas wine over the last few years. There are several ways to mak...
andychalk Oct 2 1 min RAVE FROM THE GRAVE: Inwood Estates Vineyards, 2012 Chardonnay, ‘William Fears Vineyard’ Dallas Co. by Andrew Chalk Dallas County is well known as the global epicenter of fine Chardonnay wine growing, although pretenders like Meursault a...
andychalk Oct 1 1 min WINE REVIEW: Bonterra 2019 Chardonnay, California ($15) by Andrew Chalk Bonterra is best known for two things: A commitment to use 100% organic grapes, and good value. This Chardonnay is no exc...
andychalk Sep 30 2 min WINE REVIEW: Ron Yates 2016 ‘Amalgamation’, Texas ($29) by Andrew Chalk Amalgamation is Ron Yates Bordeaux blend. Blended from 57% Merlot 38% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, it most clo...
andychalk Sep 29 1 min WINE REVIEW: Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut 2006 ‘Cuvée Nicolas Francois’, France ($164) by Andrew Chalk One of the most prestigious houses in Champagne made this impressive wine that could age for many more years. While thoug...
