http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:57:40 -0500 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:16:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/18/Wine-Week-Part-Two After a morning spent with New Zealand wines, I hustled off in the afternoon to a Sauternes-Barsac tasting. Sauternes and Barsac, locate in the southwestern corner of Bordeaux, are known for producing sweet wines made with the Semillon, Sauvignon Bla... Tastings Dessert Wine Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:16:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/18/Wine-Week-Part-Two Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks I was on the Today show this morning (check out the clip here), recommending a few summer's-almost-over-don't-miss-them beers and wines to Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. It was, as usual, a slightly crazy affair, but a lot of fun.Beer-wise... Dessert Wine Beer Red Wine White Wine Sparkling Wine Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:05:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/4/27/2007-Port-Declaration-Tasting I stopped by briefly this afternoon at a tasting of the new 2007 Vintage Ports (here's a lengthy report from Jancis Robinson on the vintage) from some of the major houses, and walked away very impressed. Based on this group, the '07s are more... News Red Wine Wines Above $40 Dessert Wine Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:03:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/4/27/2007-Port-Declaration-Tasting Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2008/5/30/Useful-Sherry-Info Sherry doesn't get enough love. It's one of the great wines of the world, but no one understands it, and basically, in this increasingly wine-obsessed country of ours, Sherry is sitting around moping by the phone while everyone else is going ... Wines Under $20 White Wine Dessert Wine Fri, 30 May 2008 11:24:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2008/5/30/Useful-Sherry-Info Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/12/Cypriot-Wines-And-Why-Not There are many people in the world who know more about Cyprus than me, but after the other night I'm willing to wager that there aren't that many people in the US who know more about Cypriot wines than I do (of course, I will now receive 70 e... Tastings Red Wine Wines Under $20 Dessert Wine Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:16:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/12/Cypriot-Wines-And-Why-Not Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/6/29/Regatta-on-the-Douro It was a pleasantly sunny afternoon when the gun went off to start the annual barco rabelo regatta on the Douro this past Sunday (we're going to be bouncing around in time a bit with these Portugal entries; bear with). I'd abandoned my usual ... [More] Vintners Pairings Dessert Wine Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:13:48 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/6/29/Regatta-on-the-Douro Ray Isle