Southern Rhône Red AOC’s Much of this post will discuss in detail the specific wine AOC / AOPs of the Southern Rhône. The AOP / AOC wine classifications were discussed in a previous Barley and Vine post . French Wine Classification in the Rhone The map below is from the Rhône Wine website which is…
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Old World Dessert Wines
I was planning my next post for Barley and Vine to be on Southern Rhone but, since the holidays are here, I thought I would make a little detour and talk about dessert wines. Christmas is all about spending time with family and friends, enjoying good wine and good food! After gorging on that…
Frances Rhone Wine Region
There’s no place like Rhône! Amazing history, architecture, markets, food and of course wine. Conan the Barbarian was asked “what is best in life? ” Arnie’s answer was pretty dramatic, and not appropriate here, but as Trump says it best- “WRONG”! Living in the Rhône Valley, eating fatty saucisson, foie gras, baguettes smeared with all manner…
Who Doesn’t Like French Wine !
Ahhhh…France! Land of stinky cheese but glorious wine! Their military may not get much respect, as evidenced by all the French surrender jokes, but their ability to produce world class wines can’t be disputed! There are 12 wonderful wine regions in France. Like Italy, France has its own wine classification system but it can be a…
Piemonte (Piedmont) – Home of Italy’s Best Wine
Piemonte is considered the region that produces Italy’s best wine with a good variety of DOCGs and DOCs. Whoa whoa whoa ….what about Tuscany with their exalted Brunello, Barley and Vine – Tuscany. Like Lucy, I think I have some ‘splaining to do. Wine geeks all agree that Italy’s best wines are the three Big…
Valpolicella in the Veneto Region
Although there are many famous wine areas within the Veneto region, this post will focus solely on the Valpolicella viticultural zone as these wines are the most famous and are readily available in North America. We will revisit Veneto’s other famous wine offerings in later posts. The backbone, and most traditional grape variety in Valpolicella…
Puglia (Apulia) – The Region of the Screaming Deals
Italy has many DOCG and DOC’ wines that definitely wouldn’t be considered bargains, so they might be best left for your weekend splurge. Drinking red wine every day is good for the soul but as most of us don’t have unlimited funds we need out some bargain alternatives. The grande problema with this is that…
Barley and Vine Raison D’être
This is my foray into spreading the gospel of Scotch and wine to my fellow imbibers! I have long had an affinity for thorough scientific investigation, perhaps it’s the engineer in me, and I have been taking the same approach as I travel through the wonderful world of wines and spirits. For those who share…
Tuscany
Tuscany is famous for the historic cities of Florence and Siena . A visit to this region should be on everyone’s bucket list to experience fantastic architecture and culture . A cute puppy dies every time a tourist takes pic at leaning tower of Pisa “holding it up” so you may want to pass on…
Wine Regions of Italy
There are 20 Wine Regions in Italy and it would take a lifetime to understand the nuances of them all. Within each region there is a comprehensive array of DOCG, DOC and IGT wine to explore but I don’t want my Scotch drinking time to suffer or my funds to deplete to the point where…
Barley and Vine 