WBW # 28 Announced

I know I know, I have been promising for a while to get back into the the Wine Blogging Wednesday but due to what ended up being a pretty hectic period I was unable to....that stops this month! The Culinary fool is hosting this month..and the theme is Sparklers, ie Sparkling wine. He has three categories to put this wine into:

• Party Sparklers – Bargain sparklers that if you needed several bottles for a party wouldn’t break your budget but you wouldn’t be embarrassed to serve
• Special Sparklers – those bottles that might be a bit higher cost but for a little splurge you think they are worth the price
• Duds – you tried a bottle, thought it held promise but when it comes down to it you wouldn't buy it again. Hopefully we won't have many in this category!

Being over here in Europe I figure I'll be exposed to a few different styles of sparkling wine so I definetely will partake in this venture. Lets hope I don't find one in that last category. The roundup will be posted on Dec 15 so come back then and see how it all went.

WBW# 26 ANNOUNCED!

Well the announcement for the latest Wine Blogging Wednesday has been announced and boy is it interesting. For the uninitiated WBW is a virtual wine tasting hosted by a blogger/webcaster/wine geek etc. A theme is set and then the host posts all the tastings in one location. This week the host is Beau over at BasicJuice. The theme? Choose either a Red wine from Washington, Spain or France, or choose a white wine from New York, Oregon, or Italy. Write up description of said wine, then email it to the host. The name or origin of the wines won't be included in the entry and a contest will be held to see who gets the most wines correct. Pretty damn interesting if I do say so myself. The deadline? Wednesday Oct 11. Come on back and see the results because for sure I will join in on this fun.

WBW#25 Roundup has been posted!

I have been remiss lately in posting about wine and completely forgot about Wine Blogging Wednesday. This months event was hosted by Sam over at Beck's and Posh with the theme being Champagne...not sparking wine, but Champagne, meaning it had to come from there. Well the event went incredibly well and they received well over 40 entries. Check it out at their well written Roundup. Also stay tuned for WBW #26 to be soon announced and hopefully I'll remember to participate.

WBW # 25 Announcement

Yep, its that time again.....The announcement for the 25th Wine Blogging Wednesday has been announced. I have had the opportunity to participate in 4 of these events, and every month I anticipate the challenge of the theme. This month is hosted by Sam over at Becks & Posh. The theme this month is Champagne. NOT sparkling wine but Champagne, which means it has to come from the Champagne region of France. The challenge, go out and get a bottle of Champagne, at whatever your budget can afford and give it a taste. I have an affinity for Champagne so this one excites me a bit. The due date is Wednesday 13 September, so come back and check out the results and how everyone stacks up to the challenge.

WBW # 24: Loire Whites Roundup

Alder over at Vinography, and host of this months Wine Blogging Wednesday has posted the roundup for this month's events. In this month's edition of the web's first and maybe only virtual wine testing the theme was Loire Whites. Alder received 27 entries from North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia, which shows you just how wide ranging this event is becoming. You can read all the entries on his roundup post, and as a reminder you can read my full entry on the 2005 Laurent Gregoire Domaine de Beauregard Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie. Enjoy the reading, and I'm sure that next month's event will be announced in just a few days.

2005 Laurent Gregoire Domaine de Beauregard Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie

Welcome to WBW # 24 hosted by Alder over at Vinography. For those that don't know Wine Blogging Wednesday occurs on one Wednesday every month, hosted by a fellow wine blogger and is a chance for a virtual tasting of whatever the month's theme is. This month its Loire Valley Whites. While some think of Chenin Blanc or Sauvignon Blanc I went in a different direction.
The Grape: The muscadet grape is a small white grape that creates wines that are usually perfect companions to shell fish. Within Loire valley, the Muscadet grape grows in 4 different areas with Muscadet Sevre et Maine being the most important. Specifically around the city of Nantes and the granite soil that creates the unique flavors in this wine.
The Winery: Unfortunately I couldn't find much about the winery, but the importer is Weygandt-Metzler who imports various wines from France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Australia.
The Wine: The wine pours a nice light honey gold in the glass, with a seemingly slight effervescence. In the nose there is some citrus fruit and anise aromas, some light honeysuckle notes. In the mouth you feel the effervescence in this crisp clean wine. There is some good acidity to go along with the citrus and honey flavors. The wine weighs in at 12.0%. This is a pretty nice wine that I'd grade a B.