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The Wines of Livermore Valley and Merlot
This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on February 20, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend....
Old World Rosé Wines: Rioja Rosado
This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on February 13, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend....
The Wines of Italy: Tuscany and Brunello
This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on February 6, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend....
The Wines of Mendocino: Pinot Noir
This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on January 30, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend....
The Wines of New Mexico 2021 Update
The radio show aired on January 23, 2021. We do on-air tasting of wines, As my co-host was out on business this week we only sampled one wine. All our red wines receive a double-decant to insure it has opened up sufficiently so it might receive a proper judging. This...
The Spanish Catalonia Region: Land of Cava and Priorat
This blog was from a radio show that aired on January 16, 2021. We sample wines on-air that are representative of the wine region or country our show covers. We double-decant red wines to ensure they have opened up sufficiently to express their range of flavors and...
Italian Sparkling Wines: From Prosecco to Franciacorta
The show for this topic aired on January 9 of 2021. It included an overview of the history of sparkling wines and Champagne. Hint: Sparklers were around earlier than you might have thought. Even though our New Year’s Eve sparklers have all fizzed out, the love for...
Wine Faults and how to detect them
I have tried to cover this topic numerous times on The Spirits of New Mexico radio show, but we often ran out of time or just zipped through them. However it is an important consideration for all wine lovers so I’m adding it as a blog. One of the worst experiences a...
The Sauvignon Blanc Grape: Old World/New World
This blog is from our January 2nd show on The Spirits of New Mexico. One of the unique things we do on the show is taste wines on-air. More recently we’ve even contrasted wines to reveal varietal or vintage differences and the blog for this show is no exception. One...
Sparkling Wines and Champagne
This blog covers The Spirits of New Mexico show we aired on December 26th a few days ago. While many of the celebrations have already occurred as we begin a new year there will doubtless be more opportunities to buy discounted sparklers. While any sparkler is festive...