A semblance of normality as well as wine tastings are slowly returning to Norway.
Category: Tastings
The Three B’s
She repeated it several times. “When you talk about Bairrada you only need to remember the three B’s.” Now I have a dirty mind, and the three B’s I first recalled were not exactly “Bical, Baga and Bairrada“, but it is undoubtedly a good mnemonic when it comes to memorising one of Portugal’s few wine … Continue reading The Three B’s
Once Upon a Time in Oslo
When wine-tastings aren’t quite what you had hoped for…
The Ojai Vineyard
This past week I had the good luck to be able to attend a lunch tasting with Mr. & Mrs. Tolmach, long-time owners and proprietors of The Ojai Vineyard in Santa Barbara County. The Ojai Vineyard is a winery whose wines I have tasted on and off throughout the years but never really had the … Continue reading The Ojai Vineyard
Bouchard Père et Fils Vintage 2014
If there is something I’ve come to realize these past few years, it’s that a wine fair is never just a wine fair. Off-wine fairs, producer meetings, private tastings, evening events… There are so many levels and facets of an important wine fair nowadays one might think one was at a good natured high school … Continue reading Bouchard Père et Fils Vintage 2014
Pig & Donkey
The red wines of Zio Porco and Contrà Soarda show another side of Veneto.
