A common theme I am seeing throughout many of the states I have already reviewed is how many of them had thriving wine industries at one time or were definitely trending upward until Prohibition hit in 1920. Many of these were attempting well known grapes as…
The 45th state of Utah has always intrigued me with its picturesque landscapes of wide open lands and mountains. Utah is certainly a gorgeous state, but can it produce wine? Winemaking was first attempted in the mid 1800s, but due to several reasons was stopped until…
In the 1800s, wine in Southern California was a fast growing industry. From Santa Barbara to what is now downtown Los Angeles, much of the croplands were covered in grapes and lots of them were bound for wineries. Imported varietals were just as much of the…
When someone asks you to name a wine region in California, what first comes to mind? Odds are that Napa Valley is your first thought. Sonoma may even get quite a few mentions as well. After that, the other regions would probably mostly be mentioned…
I decided that this past weekend would be focused on comparing a few Cabernet Sauvignons from a few places around the world. I would grab a couple of fairly typical examples and then compare them to not as common wines regions. If you’ve been reading my…
Visiting Shandong Province’s wine region and Changyu’s chateaus in northeast China had been on my list for a while. China often likes to call Shandong their version of Napa Valley in California. It’s along the latitude and shares a similar climate. I finally was able to…
Please Note: This was an updated post from a previous blog I used to have. My trip to Yunnan was in 2016 not 2018 as the post date lists. Large international companies like Moët Hennessy have been focusing on the edge of the Himalayas, an area…
Please Note: This was an updated post from a previous blog I used to have. My trip to Cambodia was in 2014 not 2018 as the post date lists. Cambodia is not in a climate zone naturally suited for wine making since wine grapes typically need…
