Dessert Wines That Will Appeal To Your Sweet Tooth
Ken After our Riesling tasting we decided to sweeten it up a bit and we moved into Dessert wines. In my opinion, there is no better way to close an evening…
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Riesling Blind Tasting Results From KensWineGuide.com
We recently conducted a blind tasting of Riesling and Dessert wines. In this post we will cover the Riesling results. In addition to the blind tasting, we received several other…
Pick Of The Pink, A Few Rosés Are Very Good Options
The KensWineGuide.com Tasting Panel recently tried some Rosé wines to see if Rosé is the new summer wine of choice. Will Rosé ultimately become more popular than Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin…
Pinot Noir Panel Proves Picky With One Stand Out Wine
The KensWineGuide.com Tasting Panel blindly tasted 17 distinctive Pinot Noirs. Most of the major Pinot producing regions were represented. The only exception was there were no submissions from Oregon. Pinot…
Many Winners in Syrah and Shiraz Blind Tasting
The KensWineGuide.com Tasting Panel recently tasted 19 Syrah and Shiraz wines. The tasting was blind and we had 11 panelists including Kara Kukall, Beverage Manager from Legal Sea Foods. In…
A Romantic Valentine’s Day Dinner Includes Great Wine
Valentine’s Day is a time for lovers to share a romantic dinner together with delicious food and wine. The exact history of Valentine’s Day and its patron saint is a…
Things to Consider When Building a Wine Cellar; Refrigeration Systems
Written by Evan L. Goldenberg, Architect, AIA Design Build Consultants Inc. Building a Wine Cellar? In this article (Part 2) we will discuss the various methods of refrigeration, if any,…
Exploring the Finger Lakes Wine Trails
Not far from our college alma maters in Syracuse, New York lies a terrific wine region called the Finger Lakes. This August we decided to make the trek to this…
The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Blind Tasting Results Are In
Our winner for the second consecutive year was the 2004 Sebastiani “Alexander Valley” $32 Cabernet! Last year the 2003 won this event. Congrats go out to the winemaker, Mark Lyon,…
Merlot Madness!! Washington Merlots Were the Winners
In June the KensWineGuide.com tasting panel sat down with so many Merlots that we had to divide them into 2 different tasting groups. The first week we tasted the more…