Posts Tagged "Steampunk Wines"

Old Vine Carignane from Niemi Vineyard and Trinafour Cellars

My friend Bernadette has a wine bar / wine shop called SIP! Mendocino. It’s in the tiny town of Hopland, a few miles short of 100 north of the Golden Gate Bridge on US 101. Belonging to the SIP! wine club … with its all-Mendocino selections … keeps me in touch (taste?) with the Mendocino [...]

Age is Relative … Old Vine Wines on Long Island

I’ve written before about “old” being a somewhat relative notion for vines. If your vines are the oldest in your area, they are perforce “old” by your area’s standards. I came across a series of “Old Vine” bottlings from Lenz, a winery in Long Island (New York State). I thought to myself, “How old could [...]