Wine Talk
Demystifying Wine Aromas
Did you know that smell – not taste – is the human sense that defines the overall flavor of wine? The unfortunate thing is that so many people are unsure of themselves when it comes to identifying aromas in wine and developing an understanding of what they enjoy. In fact, they’re downright uncomfortable with the whole experience. That’s one of the reasons I created the Middle Ridge Signature Aroma Table.
The Signature Aroma Table is an interactive, smell-able display of over 40 aroma “reference standards” that are typically used to train wine competition judges and wine writers. The inspiration for it came ...
Bringing Home the Gold
2010 Meritage
Paso Robles
Have you tried our 2010 Meritage yet? If not, be sure to grab a bottle and share it friends. It was aged for 39 months in French oak. Yep, that’s a long time! And the result is a beautiful, rich wine with lots of ripe plum and juicy blackberry aromas that morph into cherries.
We call it our yum-yum juice, and the judges seem to think so, too. It received a Gold Medal at the 2014 Sommelier Challenge and another at the 2014 Long Beach Grand Cru. Cheers!