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Join us tomorrow, Friday the 8th, for a tasting of honey wines (aka mead) made by Caledonia Spirits & Winery in Hardwick, VT. Between 3 and 6pm, we will have the opportunity to sample four honey wine varieties, including Traditional, Elderberry, Black Currant, and Blueberry Mead. Each Caledonia mead is made from raw honey and the flavors are de ...
Chateauneuf du Pape AC (shah-toh-nuhf-doo-PAHP): A well-known and highly esteemed Appelation that surrounds the village of Chateauneuf du Pape in the southern part of France’s Rhone Region. The first area to adopt strict rules for growing, which were the basis for France’s national AOC rules. Many grape varieties are permitted here, inc ...
Cannonau (cannon-ow): What Grenache is called in Sardinia. This grape is so widely planted in Sardinia that it has it’s own DOC- Cannonau di Sardegna. In this part of the world, the grape typically expresses notes of dark cherries, black pepper, and licorice. Cannonau recently experienced a huge increase in popularity after some studies sugge ...
Rosé (roh-ZAY): French for “rose-colored” or “pink." With the exception of Champagne, rosé wines are usually made from red grapes. The grapes are pressed and the juice ferments on the skins for a very short time - anywhere from a couple of hours to a three days, depending on the wine. The juice is then drained o ...
American Viticultural Area (AVA): American system implemented in 1978 to identify wines from the U.S. in a similar fashion to European systems (AOC or AC in France, for example). Unlike Europen regulations, however, AVA regulations are very lax. They are a simple indication of geographic area rather than any indication of what type of wine is allo ...