by NovaCadamatre | Dec 27, 2022 | Light and Bubbly, Wine Styles
It’s that time of year again and Champagne is on the mind of everyone this week. Do we have enough? What do we buy? What do we serve it with? Fear not! I can answer these questions for you. Do we have enough Champagne? Easy answer is no. One never has...
by NovaCadamatre | Jan 25, 2016 | Tasting Notes, Vintage Notes, Wine Styles
This past week, at the culmination of the Master of Wine seminar, the Institute of the Masters of Wine held their annual Bordeaux tasting. This year focused on the 2011 vintage. After the spectacular back to back successes of 2009 and 2010, 2011 brought a...
by NovaCadamatre | Jun 15, 2015 | Wine Styles, Winemaking
Over the years, multiple varieties have made the news for one reason or another. Some, like Gewurztraminer, suffer from difficult to pronounce names. Others suffer from identity challenges. Chardonnay anyone? Still more are actually difficult to get to a bottle in...
by NovaCadamatre | Mar 2, 2015 | Light and Bubbly, Musings, Spicy and Smoky, Sweet and Luscious, Travel, Wine Styles, Winemaking
I LOVE Vancouver. If I had to choose an international city to live in , it would be a toss up between Paris and Vancouver. I also love talking about wine to people and the Vancouver International Wine Festival gave me the opportunity to do that in such great...
by NovaCadamatre | Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized, Vintage Notes, Wine Styles, Winemaking
This year has had it all. We started with heavy frost on the Central Coast, rain during bloom and spring hail. The craziness continued with a long temperate summer which was punctuated by few heat spikes (if you can call mid 90s a heat spike out here). Growers...
by NovaCadamatre | Jan 6, 2011 | Sweet and Luscious, Tasting Notes, Wine Styles
This post was inspired by one of my avid readers (Thanks to Craig!). My, off the cuff, answer to this question is a dessert wine is one which has enough sweetness to pair well with the final course of a meal, usually dessert, or be served as the dessert. Jancis...
