In this podcast, SchöneTal Cellars owner Dave Ulbricht defines the term “Pretty, Pretty”

Francis Ford Coppola is well known for wineries in Napa and Sonoma and not so long ago he expanded to Oregon. Domaine de Broglie sits in the Dundee Hills above the Willamette Valley offering exceptional estate wines. Dave Petterson is Winemaker dand General Manager and we met up with him at the tasting room a [...]

In this issue of Vino Lingo winemaker Dave Petterson of Domaine de Broglie in the Willamette Valley defines the term “Double Dry”

Every couple of years, Australian winemakers tour the US offering some underrated and exceptinal wines. This year, the wines were tasted at the Chicago Athletic Association where we met with Yangarra Estate winemaker Pete Fraser. Pete was great fun to chat with and he was very kind to give us a bit of time before [...]

After having a previous life with what some would say is a normal job, James Frey made the jump to grape grower, and then to winemaker. Is winemaking not a normal job you may ask? Well, it’s a combination of agriculture, manufacturing, distribution and politics. Not to mention living in the past, the present and [...]

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A few weeks ago we were back in Chicago for the Simply Italian Great Wines Seminars. We tasted many of the well known Italian wines you’ve heard of, as well as those that are lesser known. In between seminars we spoke with three presenters to get their ideas about the wines of Italy. Shawn Dore, [...]

Laura Donadoni was in Chicago for the Simply Italian tasting representing Italian Pinot Grigio. Here she gives us her definition of the wine word “Sommelier”

A Winemakers journey can be almost as complex as the wine he or she makes. The road is long and can include travels around the world or their own back yard…but mostly around the world. Ian Burch is, as of this writing, in the middle of his second harvest at Archery Summit Winery in the [...]

Ian Burch, winemaker at Archery Summit Winery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley gives us his definition of the wine term “Remon Pigéage”