The Rhone Valley wine region stretches over about 250 miles, with a 30 mile gap in between the northern and southern regions. The Northern Rhone region is smaller, and generally speaking, considered to be where the more prestigious wines originate from. Home to prestigious regions such as Cote Rotie and Hermitage, although permitted, you rarely…
Author: Side Hustle Wino
As though I have been bitten by a bug, I am suddenly obsessed with learning about wine. Not only the tastes and smells and varietals, but viticulture and history. It seems the more you learn, the less you know and in the pursuit of knowledge, an entire lifestyle devoted to the grape unfolds.
A Rosé By Any Other Name – Rosado – from Rioja
I hope you read that title with all the rolling Rs you could muster because this wine deserves for you to at least attempt it. Or maybe out of rrrrrespect, we should rrrrrrefrain from attempting? I tell you what, let’s table that discussion until we’ve finished the bottle. I know for me personally, those rolling…