MarkAse

Archaval-Ferrer Winery Information and Review

Too often it seems that the French wine press as well as wine critics and bloggers across the world say that terrior is a French concept only and that only French wines can show a sense of place. One specific example of a winery, outside of France that is... Read >

California Chardonnay

One of the things I've learned already in this adventure of starting a wine club is that many people have tons of questions about grapes and different varietals of wine. In an effort to help educate people and answer some of these basic questions I've put... Read >

Petite Verdot-A Grape Confounding Winemakers for Hundreds of Years

On a recent trip to Napa I was speaking with a winemaker who said that Petite Verdot was his favorite type of grape. It made me do a double take for a couple of reasons: to start Petite Verdot is seldom if ever made into its own wine and secondly to be ho... Read >