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Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020

Simon Creek Vineyards

Wisconsin native Thomas J. (Tim) Lawrie had a 26-year career in the U.S. Army, including two tours in Vietnam as a combat officer, and was awarded the Purple Heart. He served as an Army Infantry Airborne soldier before finally retiring with the rank of Colonel. After which, he was almost universally referred to as, “The …

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Posted on May 7, 2024December 11, 2024

A History of Wine in California

Note: This isn’t really a blog post, but rather a long-form essay. If you would prefer a printed copy for reading, click here for the PDF. For an edited “Reader’s Digest” version of this essay that is about half as long, the PDF is here. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Spanish Colonization The Spanish Mission System …

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Posted on March 19, 2020April 12, 2022

Parallel 44 Winery / Door 44 Winery

Kewanee, nestled in the heart of Wisconsin beer country, is 40 miles east of Green Bay and on the western shore of Lake Michigan. This is where Parallel 44 Winery calls home.  (They also market their wines under the Door 44 label, where they are offered in a tasting facility in Door County farther north. …

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My tasting notes appear at the end of each blog post.  If you are not interested in reading the full post [sigh], simply scroll down to skip directly to them.

A Note About Vintages

Although you will see vintage dates throughout Winervana, I don’t put too much importance on them.  Major producers these days strive for a consistent style, and largely succeed. For instance, when shopping for a particular wine, if you have a choice between a current release and one that’s a few years old, there will certainly be differences in price and the character of the wine.  But upon release, those two examples of the same wine are likely to be quite similar, especially for New World producers, who often enjoy  more reliably consistent weather than Old World producers do. (Of course, global climate change may disrupt things for everybody.)

Wine Enthusiast has an interesting post about this here.

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