![“Grape Stompers Wanted.” I received the above call to people with big feet and good balance in a link promoting the 4th Annual White Mountains Crush Festival (Oct. 25-27). Naturally, I was intrigued. So I telephoned Mark LaClair, owner/winemaker of The Seven Birches Winery in Lincoln, N.H., and was instantly fascinated by the details of […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/low-z-wkd1001wine1-1.jpg?w=117 "“Grape Stompers Wanted.” I received the above call to people with big feet and good balance in a link promoting the 4th Annual White Mountains Crush Festival (Oct. 25-27). Naturally, I was intrigued. So I telephoned Mark LaClair, owner/winemaker of The Seven Birches Winery in Lincoln, N.H., and was instantly fascinated by the details of […]")
Crush it at the annual White Mountains Crush Festival
“Grape Stompers Wanted.” I received the above call to people with big feet and good balance in a link promoting the 4th Annual White Mountains Crush Festival (Oct. 25-27). Naturally,...
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![This week’s column begins with a Double Deal of the Week Special and for good reason. There are still some bottles around of winemaker Jean Luc-Colombo’s 2016 Cotes du Rhone Les Abeilles Rouge ($12.99) and Les Abeilles Blanc ($12.99), and they’re worth snapping up for autumn/fall entertaining. Both are outstanding French wines for the listed […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/low-z-0926wine4-1.jpg?w=140 "This week’s column begins with a Double Deal of the Week Special and for good reason. There are still some bottles around of winemaker Jean Luc-Colombo’s 2016 Cotes du Rhone Les Abeilles Rouge ($12.99) and Les Abeilles Blanc ($12.99), and they’re worth snapping up for autumn/fall entertaining. Both are outstanding French wines for the listed […]")
Put these bargains on your list for fall fetes, straight from the Rhone Valley
This week’s column begins with a Double Deal of the Week Special and for good reason. There are still some bottles around of winemaker Jean Luc-Colombo’s 2016 Cotes du Rhone...
![Aperture Cellars winemaker Jesse Katz is “changing the way the world drinks.” That’s what Wine Enthusiast editors gushed in a recent cover story praising Katz as one of the industry’s top under-40 innovators. Katz’s small-batch wines from California’s North Coast appellations represent a “textural” revolution, especially the whites, in which fresh-pressed juice is initially barrel-fermented […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/low-z-0829campy1-1.jpg?w=140 "Aperture Cellars winemaker Jesse Katz is “changing the way the world drinks.” That’s what Wine Enthusiast editors gushed in a recent cover story praising Katz as one of the industry’s top under-40 innovators. Katz’s small-batch wines from California’s North Coast appellations represent a “textural” revolution, especially the whites, in which fresh-pressed juice is initially barrel-fermented […]")
Aperture Cellars: Changing way the world drinks — one wine at a time
Aperture Cellars winemaker Jesse Katz is “changing the way the world drinks.” That’s what Wine Enthusiast editors gushed in a recent cover story praising Katz as one of the industry’s...
![I’m fortunate to have a wine expert living in my neighborhood. Caino rose is crafted with sophistication.For more than 20 years, Craig Gandolf was the wine director for Jorge Ordonez Selections, one of the largest U.S. importers of Spanish wines. In May 2018, he was named national sales manager for Cynthia Hurley French Wines, based […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/craiggandolf-e1565632501845-169x300-1.jpg?w=50 "I’m fortunate to have a wine expert living in my neighborhood. Caino rose is crafted with sophistication.For more than 20 years, Craig Gandolf was the wine director for Jorge Ordonez Selections, one of the largest U.S. importers of Spanish wines. In May 2018, he was named national sales manager for Cynthia Hurley French Wines, based […]")
Importer scales new Spanish heights with Ribeira Sacra wines
I’m fortunate to have a wine expert living in my neighborhood. Caino rose is crafted with sophistication.For more than 20 years, Craig Gandolf was the wine director for Jorge Ordonez...
Leonardo’s long-lost vineyard revived
I've added a new destination to my Bucket List: Leonardo da Vinci's long-lost and now revived vineyard in Milan. Yes, the 16th-century genius in art and science was also a...
Double Diamond quenches dark desires
"You want it darker," sang the late, great poet-singer Leonard Cohen in one of his final albums before he died in 2016.
Wining and dining, Neapolitan-style
Pizza is food, says Marco Caputo, and it should be cooked so that all the ingredients' flavors emerge — some patiently, others powerfully — to be enjoyed as a meal....
Make Dad the toast of the town
Say "Happy Father's Day" this Sunday with a gift of wine. Here are five extraordinary options for the dad and/or grandad on your list. 1. If Dad is a golfer,...
Roll out the barrels
Grilled steaks, braised ribs, burgers and bourbon barrel-aged Cabernet Sauvignon. It's all the rage among trend-setting millennials, people aged 23-38, who have an affinity for new products and tastes. Some...
Stay ahead of the Cuvée with St. Innocent
Mark Vlossak's winemaking philosophy is simple: "I make wines to go with food." The founder, owner and president of St. Innocent Winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley says people often wonder...