Welcome to our new blog!
Well, it was bound to happen. I have far too much random facts and information in my head, so it's time to share that with you all. I thought that having a blog would be a nice way to share some information about wines I try, rumors I hear, and links to get you all excited and educated about wine. So, for the inaugural post, I am going to share one of my favorite websites with you. It's called Cellar Tracker, and it's an exhaustive & free tool to keep track of your wine collection. There's some great community based tasting notes, scores, drinking windows for knowing when to crack that special bottle you're saving, plus an awesome array of reports to see exactly how much wine you actually consume ('ya lush!). Plus, did I mention it was FREE?
Here's another one of my favorite free wine tools: The Wine Spectator "Name that Wine" game. Try to correctly identify the wine, region, and vintage simply from a tasting note. It's a fun way to test yourself on traditional traits of different wines.
I just organized a Wine Tasting Event with Levendi Estate Wines -- they're an awesome tiny producer of Napa Chardonnay and Cabernet. It will happen on Wednesday, May 2nd, from 7 - 9 p.m. We'll be tasting one Chardonnay, and four different Cab's coming from different places in the county. Tricia Record is a good friend of The Cask Room -- she supplied us with many of the wines we opened with last year. Remember the fantastic Jocelyn Cab? Or, the amazing Leal Carnaval? They were courtesy of Tricia at her previous company. But, she's moving onward and upward, taking the responsiblility for Southern California for this one small producer. She'll be hosting the event, so this will be a unique opportunity to taste & learn all about this stellar boutique winery. Plus, she's got some kind of degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Vineyard Science, so she might even be able to educate us all on the finer details of growing grapes.
Well, that's it. I'm off tonight (thanks, Chris), so I need to figure out what I'm going to cook for dinner. I'm in a Pinot Noir mood, so that likely means chicken on the grill.
Catch you later!
/mike
Here's another one of my favorite free wine tools: The Wine Spectator "Name that Wine" game. Try to correctly identify the wine, region, and vintage simply from a tasting note. It's a fun way to test yourself on traditional traits of different wines.
I just organized a Wine Tasting Event with Levendi Estate Wines -- they're an awesome tiny producer of Napa Chardonnay and Cabernet. It will happen on Wednesday, May 2nd, from 7 - 9 p.m. We'll be tasting one Chardonnay, and four different Cab's coming from different places in the county. Tricia Record is a good friend of The Cask Room -- she supplied us with many of the wines we opened with last year. Remember the fantastic Jocelyn Cab? Or, the amazing Leal Carnaval? They were courtesy of Tricia at her previous company. But, she's moving onward and upward, taking the responsiblility for Southern California for this one small producer. She'll be hosting the event, so this will be a unique opportunity to taste & learn all about this stellar boutique winery. Plus, she's got some kind of degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Vineyard Science, so she might even be able to educate us all on the finer details of growing grapes.
Well, that's it. I'm off tonight (thanks, Chris), so I need to figure out what I'm going to cook for dinner. I'm in a Pinot Noir mood, so that likely means chicken on the grill.
Catch you later!
/mike
posted by The Cask Room, Mike Kallay at
6:41 PM
2 Comments:
The events at the cask room are so much fun and the wine is the best around. It is hard to remember what we did before the cask room came in our lives.
I found your blog to be an excellent source of big hearted information and enthusiasm. I haven't been to The Cask Room yet, but just showed it to my guy and we'll be there soon. I would love to see some more updated info on what's a steal to buy at Cosco and found your willingness to be uncompetitive made me want to come and joing your Wine Club (need more info on this). Thanks for the good work...and great pictures!
Jolinda
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