Venues

This week at Wine Class we learned that 95% of people in Australia live within 20 miles of the ocean. This is because the climate is so harsh. And, as our illustrious wine teacher explained: Everything in Australia is trying to kill you. Crocodiles, Taipan Snakes, Blue Ringed Octopus. They even have poisonous ants. What [...]

The sad fact is that while the United States is the 4th largest producer of wine in the world, it falls to #57 in consumption. Per capita we drink just 2.6 gallons of wine a year. Compare that to France, where their per capita number for wine drinking is 14.1 gallons. Obviously this is a [...]

Here it is: Petite Sirah!! I found myself at a wine making event at High Country Home Brew and we tasted 5 wines (paired with great food) While I was expecting to most love the wine that contained Cabernet Franc, a long favorite, I found to my surprise that it was a Petite Sirah that [...]