To most winemakers — to most wine drinkers — Sauvignon Blanc is an afterthought, “a dramatic dress rehearsal for the rest of harvest,” as winemaker Christopher Christensen puts it.
Enough of this Fifty Shades of Grey stuff. What we really need on Valentine’s Day, when love is in the air, is a few shades of luscious light to dark chocolate and the different hues of plum red and straw yellow that mark incredible wines worth sharing with your Valentine.
This edition of The Press is dedicated to new members of the Carboy Winery family – new wines, new wineries, and new soon-to-be wine lovers alike.
Remember that time when your friend brought over that $500 bottle of Chateau Margaux to share? Yeah, me neither. See, I only have two types of friends – the ones that drink moderately priced, good quality wines, and the imaginary ones.
It’s not always what you know, but what you sound like you know and what others think you know. Like wine, wine lovers can be organized into a few categories based on the level of their knowledge. And who does the categorizing? Well, everyone else. It’s a subtle judgment thing.
Like Laverne and Shirley, wine and cheese just seem right together, so much so that it’s hard to mention one without the other.
