In this episode of WWTV, I review the fourth of four wines donated to me by Jason Carley to assist with my wine studies. I’ll be reviewing the 2017 Penfolds Bin 389. Thank you Jason for your generous donation! Links for the show:Penfolds LCBO – Want to see what the RS (Residual
In this Freestyle Friday Episode of WWTV, I review two samples from the Veramonte Winery in Chile in conjunction with and Earth Day promotion with our local major supermarket chain, H-E-B. First we have the 2020 Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc. Second we have the 2018 Veramonte
In this episode of WWTV, I review the third of four wines donated to me by Jason Carley to assist with my wine studies. I’ll be reviewing the 2016 Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir. Thank you Jason for your generous donation! Links for the show:Tolpuddle Vineyard Tolpubble Martyrs LCBO – Want
In this Freestyle Friday episode of WWTV, I tackle one of the most dreaded subjects in wine. The actual difference between a sweet and dry wine. For people in the industry, dryness or sweetness of wine has a specific definition. It’s tied to an amount
In this episode of WWTV, I review the second of four wines donated to me by Jason Carley to assist with my wine studies. I’ll be reviewing the 2016 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay. Thank you Jason for your generous donation! Links for the show:Leeuwin EstateKim Maple’s siteFining Agents from The
In this episode of WWTV, I review the first of four wines donated to me by Jason Carley to assist with my wine studies. I’ll be reviewing the 2018 Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling. Thank you Jason for your generous donation! Links for the show:Pewsey ValeYalumba I started an official
In this episode of WWTV, I have a little fun with age in months. On 2/8/21 I turned 642 months. I found this out a month or so prior to this episode by coincidence and remembered seeing a wine called 642. So I grabbed a bottle! So I’ll be
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to conduct a video Skype interview with Jim Schleckser, author of the book Professional Drinking. I spent a couple weeks reading the book on my breaks and lunches at my “day job.” It’s a great book for
So a few weeks ago I attended my 7th TEXSOM. My first one was in 2010 when I also passed my Intro Sommelier Exam. I’ve been going ever since. This is my 3rd straight year participating as a volunteer. And this is my second time
This past weekend (June 26-28, 2016) I attended the Advanced Sommelier Course. Recently it has become a requirement to take a course prior to taking the Advanced Sommelier Exam. While it may seem a pain to do this for those that passed their Certified in
