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My guest this week is Madeline Puckette, co-author with Justine Hammack of “Wine Folly – The Essential Guide to Wine” A great book for novice and experienced wino. They also are responsible for one of the most outstanding wine education and enjoyment sites on the web; www.winefolly.com We’ll tell you all about the recently published book as well as the web site and why you will want to sign up for the newsletter. www.winefolly.com Follow Wine Folly on Twitter
An essential, hip guide to wine for the new generation of wine drinkers, from the creators of the award-wining site WineFolly.com
Red or white? Cabernet or merlot? Light or bold? What to pair with food? Drinking great wine isn’t hard, but finding great wine does require a deeper understanding of the fundamentals.
Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will help you make sense of it all in a unique infographic wine book. Designed by the creators of WineFolly.com, which has won Wine Blogger of the Year from the International Wine & Spirits Competition, this book combines sleek, modern information design with data visualization and gives readers pragmatic answers to all their wine questions, including:
• Detailed taste profiles of popular and under-the-radar wines.
• A guide to pairing food and wine.
• A wine-region section with detailed maps.
• Practical tips and tricks for serving wine.
• Methods for tasting wine and identifying flavors.
Packed with information and encouragement, Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will empower your decision-making with practical knowledge and give you confidence at the table. Get a copy NOW!
Madeline Puckette
Madeline Puckette is a sommelier and visual designer whose electrifying infographics and congenial writing has garnered an enthusiastic following from wine beginner to wine expert. Her work has been applied in organizations, including The Court of Master Sommeliers and the Guild of Sommeliers to help wine professionals learn.
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Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2007 Bodegas Poesia “Clos des Andes” Reserva Malbec Mendoza
91 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2007 Clos des Andes is 100% Malbec sourced from an 80-year-old vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo and aged for 12 months in 60% new French oak for 16 months. Dark ruby/purple in color, it offers up an alluring bouquet of pain grille, pencil lead, spice box, and black cherry. This leads to a wine with excellent density, layered fruit, and spicy black fruit flavors nicely concealing enough structure for 2-3 years of further development. This rich, well-balanced effort will be at its best from 2011 to 2019. Bodega Poesia is owned by Bordeaux proprietors Helene Garcin and Patrice Leveque, with Leveque doubling as winemaker with consultation from Dr. Alain Raynaud.
Pickup a bottle at Jacob Liquor Exchange and taste with me on Saturday!
Then we will be talking about Saturday afternoons 15th Annual Midwest Beerfest at Century-II. New times this year: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Not only is it the best beer event in the Midwest, the craft beers represented and available for tasting are bigger and better than over.
Deep ruby color. Deep cherry, plum, and vanilla intertwine with beautiful hints of anise and caramel. Additional notes of dark chocolate and cassis linger on the nose. Dark cherry and berry pie flavors combine with hints of rosemary and bay, perfectly complementing complex notes of allspice and vanilla. A smooth, seamlessly integrated palate with rich structure and mountain personality.
Bob’s winemaking philosophy has remained constant throughout his career—to source and farm the best fruit possible, with minimal intervention in the cellar. He was awarded the 2011 Wine Star Award from the Wine Enthusiast as “Winemaker of the Year.”
This Argentinean beauty shows a dark ruby color with violet tones. On the nose, it offers intense aromas of ripe raspberries and cassis with notes of pepper, clove, and a touch of cedar. On the palate, it is full-bodied and rich and displays layers of black currant and black raspberry with notes of cedar and oregano. This Cabernet Sauvignon is an elegant wine with silky tannins that provide structure and a long and persistent finish.
Then it will be a blast from the past!
This Silver Label Cabernet Sauvignon reflects a blending of grapes grown from select North Coast vineyards. This combination offers full, rich flavors of berry, cassis and black cherry with hints of vanilla in the background. Aging with French oak adds complexity and depth, resulting in a high quality Cabernet Sauvignon with great value.
2015 Midwest Beerfest is right around the corner. The Famous Beer Dinners are on October 2 and the Grand Tasting at Century-II is October 3…new time this year: 4-7:00 p.m. So many new and innovative things to do and see. Back again is the Midwest Wingfest with some great competitors. The beers are once again organized by region and we’ve added the highly prized import section back this year. New this year is the Food Truck Roundup…some great beer friendly food readily available.
Date: October 1, 2015