Regions of Spain and Portugal

Spain and Portugal
With a blend of tradition and innovation, Spain produces red, rose, and white wines of varying quality. It is best known for sherry, Rioja (oaky reds and whites), and sparkling known as Cava. Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache) are its most important grape varieties.
Aside from Port, Portugal makes red, white and rose wine. Since it joined the European Union, the quality of wine making has improved a great deal.

Wines Of Spain: Many wines are a blend of grapes. Red Rioja is typically a mix of Tempranillo and Garnacha, and white is mostly Viura (also known as Macabeo). Wines from Rioja’s three main districts are Alavesa, Alta, and Baja, are often blended. American oak barrels are used in Rioja to age both reds and whites .Cava is sparkling wine using the Champagne method, and can be of excellent quality.

Portuguese Wines: Portugal uses grape varieties little known elsewhere. Vinho Verde is a light white wine best drunk young. Dao’s once coarse and tannic reds are now fruitier with spicy flavors. Minho is an important region which makes Vinho Verde.

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Napa Valley Late Harvest Dessert Wine

I've just experienced an amazing dessert wine, which I typically don't drink....but this one blew my socks off, so I thought I would share all I know about it.

This blended late harvest dessert wine has about one-third each of Muscat, Semillon and Chardonnay, all three of which were allowed to ripen longer than usual creating a sweet dessert wine. The Chardonnay portion was barrel fermented and after the final blend was made, the wine was aged in 100% new oak barrels for an average age of 5 years. As with most dessert wines, this wine will age very well for 8 to 10 years and possibly beyond. Late harvest wines owe their rich complex flavors to several factors. Late harvest crops are usually smaller in both weight and quantity. As the grapes ripen, they lose water making the clusters lighter while concentrating the sugar. Late Harvest wines are typically carefully handpicked to assure magnificent quality. These delicious wines — with their extended aging periods — make them highly anticipated and very, very special indeed. This Ceres Napa Valley Late Harvest Dessert Wine has aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, pralines and caramelized pears. The flavors of this wine are a perfect mirror of the aromas, with mouth-filling sweetness and layers of complexity. The finish is long and sweet with hints of fruit, finishing with a light nuttiness. Enjoy this wine with pecan pie, Roquefort cheese and walnuts or bananas foster. Yummmm! I tried it with something I would have never thought to pair with it...the Roquefort cheese. Wow! give it a try.

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Hook and Ladder . A Must Try

Ok... wine lovers.. this is a must try! This weekend I had the opportunity to do a Mother's Day Tasting for a great group of women.And the host gave me a bottle of Hook and Ladder "Station Ten" Zin blend.
83% Zinfandel
10% Petite Sirah
5% Carignane
2% Alicante
ruby-red blend, with aromas of blackberry, boysenberry, and plum that lead to spicy flavors of rich dark berry and vanilla, has just arrived. This “barn-burner” has good acidity in the mid palate with sweet oak and soft tannins in the long finish.Fabulous! And it's only 17.00!

There is a great story behind this great wine :In 1970, San Francisco firefighter Cecil De Loach and his wife Christine
staked their claim in the wine grape business by purchasing 24 acres of old-vine Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. In the early seventies, the De Loaches decided to acquire additional vineyard land.
For several years they watched others make notable wine from their grapes before making the decision to produce wine under the De Loach label in 1975.
More than three decades later, Cecil and Christine sold that label and have continued their winemaking skills at the helm of a small family winery that employs a simple philosophy - craft exceptional wines, from the highest quality grapes, that people love to drink.
We consider each step of the winemaking process an opportunity to showcase the distinctive flavors contained within our carefully cultivated grapes. Every bottle of wine is a worthy representation of the best effort from each and every person at Hook and Ladder Vineyards and Winery.
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Here's To All The Moms Out There!

"Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street, she's the smell of certain foods you remember, flowers you pick and perfume that she wore. She's the cool hand on your brow when you're not feeling well, she's your breath in the air on a cold winter's day. She is the sound of the rain that lulls you to sleep . . . the colors of the rainbow . . . she is Christmas morning. Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every tear drop. A mother shows every emotion: happiness, sadness, fear, jealousy, love, hate, anger, helplessness, excitement, joy, sorrow . . . and all the while, hopes and prays you will only know the good feelings in life. She's the place you came from, your first home, and she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you. Not time, not space . . . not even death!" unkown

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