While in Dallas in December, I decided to pull friends together for a virtual wine tasting and to expose them to Ian Devereux White and his winery Smith Devereux. I chose three wines from his collection, the SB White Blend, No. 3 California Red Blend and IBEX Merlot. I’ve written about Ian before and how…
After three and a half days of tasting great wine, having good food and enjoying amazing weather, the day came too quickly to head back to Wisconsin. We checked out of the loft and headed to Yountville for our final tasting of the long weekend. We ended where we started at Handwritten Wines. We were…
We didn’t use a driver for Sunday, we started close to where we stayed, another new winery recommended by Gary. Fortunati Vineyards hosted us for our first tasting. What a lovely couple that owns the winery Gary and Ellen Luchtel, Gary is the winemaker. The name Fortunati means Lucky or Fortunate in Italian, a fun…
Every morning while enjoying our coffee and breakfast, we watched the hot air balloons float from Yountville down to Napa. It was the perfect way to start each day. And we were able to enjoy these blue skies all weekend. Tasting #1: Frank Family Vineyards Regan came to pick us up early because our first…
I spent the second weekend of December in Dallas visiting my best friend. Moni was up for adventure. On Thursday night when I arrived, we stopped at two wine bars to start the weekend off with a bang. First stop, Bodega Wine Bar in Dallas. It is a very cute place with a great variety…