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The Devotay Monday Night Wine Tasting Series
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
The longest-running continuous wine tasting series in Iowa rolls on this Monday December 7th with Portuguese wines.
And it’s not just Porto! Here’s what you’ll be tasting when you make your reservation at 319.354.1001 and come to Devotay at 6:30 that night:
Quinta Aveleda Vinho Verde
J Portugal Ramos Loios Red – (Alentigo Region)
Dows Vale do Bonfim Douro Reserva
Sandeman Founders Rsv Ruby Port
Delaforce His Eminence Tawny Port 10
Caveats & Fine Print:
For those who are unfamiliar with how we do things at these tastings, it’s really quite simple, and a whole lot of fun.
One Monday a month we set aside a portion of the restaurant for those who want to revel in the glory of the grape with others of their own ilk. It’s just $20 this year, and for that paltry sum you get tastes (roughly 2-3 ounce pours) of 4 different wines in some sort of cohesive theme (this year it’s varietals), as well as a tapa or two to match and some sparkling conversation with winemakers, wine sellers, fellow wine lovers and of course Kim and Yours Truly.
All are welcome, from the novice to the bonafide sommelier. All you need is an interest in wine and the ability to bend your elbow. Actually, not even that – we have straws if you need’em.
Slow Food members get $2.00 off, and everyone who sticks around for a full dinner afterward can enjoy 25% off any bottle on our list.
Ardales is organic but still affordable | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen
Thursday, September 24th, 2009It is often assumed that “organic” equals “expensive.” This is not always the case. Take for example the Ardales wines of Bodegas Arúspide. They make a red from Tempranillo and a white from Airén that are certified organic and retail for about $12 a bottle; $130 a case. Not bad considering it has to be shipped across an ocean.
Bodegas Arúspide is in Valdepeñas, in the southern part of the massive wine region known as Castilla La Mancha, home of the legendary knight Hidalgo Don Quixote. It is 120 miles due south of Madrid, at about the halfway point between the capital city and the Mediterranean port of Málaga.
All their wines are fermented using a method called carbonic maceration. Unlike the conventional methods, familiar to most through old “I Love Lucy” reruns, the grapes are not crushed before fermentation but rather are stored in a cool, carbon dioxide-rich environment where the juice ferments inside the grape without using added yeasts as a catalyst. The result is fruit-forward, friendly, approachable wines that are best drunk young. The most familiar wine that utilizes this method is the oft-overhyped Beaujolais Nouveau.
Arúspide is organic but still affordable | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen.
Macabeo makes soft, fresh wine | Table Wine
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Next up in our occasional series on lesser-known grapes we have Macabeo.
Like many of the others we’ve discussed in this space, this one has about 14 other names. I’ll spare you most of them to avoid unnecessary confusion, but you should know that it also is commonly called Viura.
While it is grown in some parts of southern France, notably in Languedoc where it is primarily a blending grape, its primary home stretches from Barcelona, west by northwest through Cariñena and onward into Rioja.
via Macabeo makes soft, fresh wine | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen.
Four Vines not fooling around | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen
Friday, April 24th, 2009New Jersey-born high school hockey star and former chef Christian Tietje is making some of the best new wine to come out of California. Granted, the quality of Four Vines wine probably does have more to do with Tietje’s experience as a chef than his prowess on the ice, but growing up playing hockey in Jersey does imbue one with a certain, shall we say, attitude — and it shows in his wine.
via Four Vines not fooling around | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen.
Corked: Good wine gone bad | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009There is a wide variety of baffling nomenclature in the wine world. Newcomers may wonder why flavors described as “tar,” “tobacco” or “forest floor” could possibly be construed as good things, and how there can be a difference between aroma (the smell of the grapes in the wine) and bouquet (the smell of the wine).
Perhaps most confusing is the term “corked.” This does not mean that the wine is sealed with a cork, or that the cork has been removed. Rather, it is a shorthand term for cork taint, or wine that has been affected by trichloroanisole, a byproduct of the processing of tree bark into the familiar cylindrical wine corks.
read the rest @ Corked: Good wine gone bad | press-citizen.com
Putting a cork in six common wine myths | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Just because it’s April Fools’ Day doesn’t mean you have to be tricked into thinking that everything you hear about wine is true. Fear not, one fool is ready to debunk some of the most popular oenological misconceptions.
Myth No. 1: “Older wine is better wine.” The fact is, more than 95 percent of the wine sold today is meant to be consumed the very same day you buy it.
Putting a cork in six common wine myths | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen.