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Nov 17 2017

Choosing Wine for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is filled with opulence: the food – both quantity and quality – the family, the leftovers, the flavors, the fun… the wine. But the Thanksgiving holiday can be a challenge when it comes to wine selections and what to pour for guests. With so many side dishes, mixes of flavors, and lots of savory […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Holiday, Thanksgiving

Nov 11 2017

The Wonderful World of Lees

Have you ever wondered if there is any value in the lees that you accumulate during the early portions of harvest and wine processing? Have you questioned the various uses associated with wine lees? Then you’re in luck! Consulting subscribers now have access to my recent article, Wine Lees: A Powerful Tool for Winemakers in […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Lees

Nov 03 2017

Som Series: Dinner with Highclere Castle’s Chef

A Note about the Som Series There’s something about that 9-letter word, sommelier, which turns your average wine drinker into a sudden beer drinker at the very mention of their presence. Let’s face it: the world of wine can be intimidating. Sometimes I hear wine discussion and judgment within groups of people and I internally […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Blog, Som Series · Tagged: Downton Abbey, Som Series, Wine And Food, Wine Pairing

Oct 26 2017

Oktoberfest can be more than Food and Beer

four of denise's wine pairing selections

With a lot of strong, German background in my heritage, I have to admit that I love a good Oktoberfest celebration. The biergartens, the meat-based dishes, the music, the potatoes… a sweet remainder that we have turned another season and Fall is in full-swing. On a good Fall day, I’m not denying that it may […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Holiday, Oktoberfest

Oct 25 2017

Tasting Evaluation Dates Set for 2017

I started tasting wines and evaluating my taste perceptions as a graduate student in Dr. Bruce Zoecklein’s lab at Virginia Tech University, in which he routinely evaluated wines by sensory analysis to provide production technique suggestions to winemakers. These early sensory experiences outlined my thought process in how I evaluate wines to this day. In […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Tasting Evaluation

Oct 24 2017

2017 Harvest Production Tactics

Botrytis cinerea on Riesling grapes

Depending on where your vineyards are located, Pennsylvania (PA) is seeing dramatic climatic differences during the 2017 growing season. The weather associated with the growing season ultimately influences grape quality for the current year’s vintage. The northwestern part of Pennsylvania (Erie County) has experienced a hot and dry growing season through September 2017. Andy Muza, […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Green, Harvest, Rot

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