Pick up a Picpoul
If you've been coming here for any length of time, you likely already know of Kevin's fondness for Picpoul, a grape not everyone knows about that makes its home in the southwest corner of France.
Wine
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Past Wine
Begin the Bourgogne (Limited Seating)
In spite of the fact that all of this week’s wines hail from the US, Kevin’s reasoning is that these Pinot Noirs very much approach a Burgundian style, and we all know that his first order of business in constructing a tasting is to come up with a suitable pun for its title (I won’t even tell you the title of next week’s tasting yet, as it sets my teeth on edge.)
From where you least expect it
On the last Sunday of each month we pick six wines that have something in common and offer you tastes, alongside of which we serve food pairings tailored to each wine. This month, Mike Galkin of Action Wine joins us.
Zingy, zesty, zippy whites- hot days and balmy nights
This week’s wine tasting is loaded with wines friendly to the Tucson summer: crisp, fresh wines for hot afternoons and to pair with spicy, salty summer foods.
Volcanic Vino
It's a fine line between poor taste and being topical, so we're hoping that in spite of the Big Island's woes, the tasting that we decided to do weeks ago when it was a less serious situation still falls under "topical" rather than "in poor taste." Our friend and erstwhile dining room manager-turned-wine-rep leads a tasting of wines that all hail from volcanic soil of one type or another, from regions around the world.
A romp around Italy with Greg Croisetiere
Hello, Feastlings. Say what you will about France’s contribution to the world of wine (and you’ll justifiably say quite a bit,) the Franks and the Gauls weren’t exactly renowned for their viticulture. Wine came to France from its neighbor to the south. We’d guess you’re okay with that, since the only sort of tasting that […]
Loire’s versus Ours- Loire and domestic Sauvignon Blanc
Hi, Feastlings. There are two harbingers of summer here. The first is the sudden ease in traffic that comes when our winter Tucsonans head back to cooler climes. I have an odd mix of delight and fear when I can get where I’m going twice as fast- delight that I can be one time in […]
Ken Wright Cellars wine dinner with Asa Sarver
Time was, in the not-so-distant past, Feast would be lucky to score a six-pack of any of Ken Wright's single-vineyard wines. Since Ken Wright hung out his winemaking shingle (for the third time) at his eponymous winery- after making wine at Talbott in the Santa Lucia Highlands and starting Panther Creek in the Willamette Valley- Ken Wright has been focused on making Pinot Noir that's reflective of its origin.
This Saturday’s wine tasting: The Priority is Priorat.
While Rioja is the name that people immediately recognize when it comes to Spanish wine, we at Feast are invariably fond of the wines of Priorat.
“…but please do WINE for me, Argentina.”
Your good friend Kevin is pulling corks on a range of Argentine wines this Saturday: of course, there'll be the two usual suspects- Torrontes and Malbec- and of course there'll be wine from Mendoza, but a couple of sub-appellations of Mendoza, plus Salta up north.