The wines that matched up to the wines I tasted blind when judging the Indie Festival This festival showcases wineries and winemakers too small to get into other festivals. Its founder (and my friend) Lisa Donoughe has done loads to kick off plenty of new and exciting names in the Oregon wine world. Finally! In the mail? MORE >>

The Oregon event was a special session at the annual conference of the Geological Society of America. At the meeting, Alex Maltman presented a paper with this to say about minerality: “The widely cited direct, literal connection between vineyard geology and wine taste seems scientifically impossible. Terroir: clear as mud! MORE >>

What happens when a reviewer tastes a good bottle, but some consumers buy what appears to be a completely different product? Kenney wrote last week that “During a ten month period I had exchanged seven emails with DrBigJ, reminding/imploring him to taste the sent bottle…to no avail.&#. Think it couldn’t happen? Big mistake. MORE >>

He will add Oregon and Washington to this list. In a 2006 posting on his site after attending a Spanish tasting, Martin wrote : “I have never really got under the skin of Spanish wine. This tasting does little to alleviate my apathy.” He was an importer of German wines. ” A couple of things to note in all this. MORE >>

Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. Then again maybe I just have to taste a few more and that's not a bad thing now, is it? From that day on I was a fan. MORE >>