Welcome to The Backyard Sommelier! I am super excited you found this page. This is the first of many posts and glasses of wine I hope we’ll share… You see, for the past ten or so years I’ve loved wine. In full candor, it took me awhile. Drinking Barefoot Chardonnay out of a coffee mug …
Having a taste for fine wines is something that is reserved for a select few and even rarer is the ability to possess some of the most priceless wines ever known to mankind. These rare one-of-a-kind wines are for the true blue-blooded oenophiles that are willing to spend a fortune, whether it be for a …
Enthusiasts have surely heard of the Speyer wine bottle which looks like a sealed decanter, assumed to hold sumptuous wine, it is called Speyer wine after the place it originated from, being a Roman tomb located in the local town of Speyer in Germany. The Speyer wine is also apparently one of the oldest bottles …
A glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away heard that one before, haven’t you? While wine in moderation may have some benefits, what counts is the alcohol content in the wine. The American standard of wine is 5 ounces which work out to approximately 12% alcohol. However, since the kinds of wines differ, …
On the very first day of the VInexpo that was being held in Mumbai for the very first time. There was a substantial thrill in the air in the magnificent ballroom of The Leela hotel near Mumbai airport as throngs assembled to listen to Sula Vineyards’ forefather Rajeev Samant deliver his crucial statement. Samant, whose …
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The Island Grown Initiative has come up with a Hydroponic system that is quite futuristic and will most definitely make an impact on Farming. This IGI (Island Grown Initiative) with this new system is decades in the future especially after they introduced a new foliage to its already huge 40-acre farm that is Vineyard haven. …
The Italians and fine wines are synonymous with each other. Wine-making is a tradition many millennia old in Italy and the Italians have mastered it like no one else. The process is well known with wine producers spending months cultivating the finest grapes. There are later carefully handpicked, pulped and processed to produce the most …
The core of Maribor, Lent, is the base to the bordering on ancient- vine in the world. At over 450 years old it’s the only plant that claims to have its own exhibition hall – the Old Vine House. Maribor plays host to a various number of proceedings in celebration of the Old Vine, such …
Ft. La Enfermera Tempranillo, 2017 Hola y beinvenido a una nueva semana. Además, Happy Lunes to this bottle of tempranillo y solo this bottle of tempranillo. Oh, does my high school Spanish impress you? Just wait. The more Spanish wine I drink the better it gets. Anyway, I don’t know what the weather was like where you …
Ft. Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon, 2017 Our tenth Sunday sharing a class of Cab! This year is off to a great start. I say that from a place of acknowledged privilege, but I’m excited about the potential for this year. I hope to get back to travel, back to socializing, and back to life as “normal.” Did …
