Each week I review and recommend a wine and send it to my Where the Wine is Weekly Newsletter subscribers. Here are the wines I reviewed in March! These wines were purchased by me. 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards 2014 Syrah Single Vineyard Eagle Foothills AVA. Another terrific wine made by Idaho winemaker Greg Koenig. This […]
Monthly Wine Rally: March 2017
Each week I review and recommend a wine and send it to my Where the Wine is Weekly Newsletter subscribers. Here are the wines I reviewed in March! All of these wines were purchased by me. Indian Creek Winery 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon. Indian Creek Winery has been family owned since its inception in the Snake […]
Spotlight on Idaho Winery | Split Rail Winery
There is something strange going on at Split Rail Winery. The Horned Beast. The Laser Fox. The Bearded Quixote? While these may sound like titles of the latest indie rock album or movie trilogy, they’re actually the names of a few wines at this up-and-coming Idaho urban winery. The labels are adorned with artwork such […]
Monthly Wine Rally: February 2017
Each week I review and recommend a wine and send it to my Where the Wine is Weekly Newsletter subscribers. Here are the wines I reviewed in February! All four of these wines were purchased by me. Snake River Winery 2014 Blauer Zweigelt. This Austrian grape varietal was created in 1922 by crossing the St. […]
The Idaho Urban Winery District Guide
Did you know that a lot of wineries buy their grapes from growers rather than manage a vineyard of their own? Sometimes when I share that it blows people’s minds because of the preconceived notion that vineyards and villas make wine in harmony on the same plot of land. There is a common belief that […]
Monthly Wine Rally: January 2017
This month has been the start of a new year filled with good friends, good food, and lots and lots of snow. Seriously. The snow situation in Boise this season has been cray! We give! Thankfully on these cold, snowy days I have wine reviews to keep me warm. Each week I review and recommend […]
Monthly Wine Rally: December 2016
This post contains affiliate links from which l earn a percentage of your purchase at no additional cost to you. During December I watched it snow, rain, snow again (and again), I waited for Santa, I spent a lot of time with family and friends and I was gifted an awesome wine fridge! I also […]
Spotlight on Idaho Winery | Potter Wines
If you have a backyard full of grapes, you might just have a future in winemaking. If you are thinking that’s kind of a leap there, Michelle… I’d like to introduce a gentleman named Von Potter. Yes, that is his real name! In 2008 Potter found himself in possession of an abundance of backyard-grown Interlaken […]
Idaho Wine Review – Laissez Faire Table Wines
What do you love about a good bottle of wine? I bet it partially depends on the occasion. A great bottle of wine doesn’t always mean a fancy night out with an expensive and a perfectly paired vintage. Sometimes the most memorable bottles come from a casual evening surrounded by friends over a family style […]
Idaho Wine Industry Boot Camp
On a crisp and sunny fall morning, I participated in a rigorous boot camp lead by Idaho Preferred and the Idaho Wine Commission. Described as “a crash course in the Idaho wine industry”, the day was designed to take area influencers through our paces as we toured both the Snake River wine country and the […]