Category: White Blend

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Door 44 Ledge Blanc

Door 44 Ledge Blanc 2024
Door 44 Ledge Blanc 2024. Click here for tasting notes.

Door 44 Ledge Blanc 2024

The story of Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery began in 2005, when husband and wife team Steve Johnson and Maria Milano planted their first grape vines. Steve grew up in Green Bay, where his father Carl experimented early on with growing grapes. Maria grew up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where her Italian-born father continued his tradition of making wine for friends and family celebrations. Steve and Maria met while in school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then attended law school together. While working as attorneys, they attended seminars on grape growing in Wisconsin, with an eye towards getting into the wine business.

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Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc 2025

Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc 2025.
Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc. Click here for tasting notes.

Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc 2025

Eric and Amy Gale are the owners and sole full-time employees of Anchored Roots, Door County, Wisconsin’s newest winery, founded in 2020.

The couple make an ideal front-of-house/back-of-house duo. Amy grew up in Milwaukee, with hospitality at the forefront of her career path. Her initial focus was event planning, from non-profit fundraisers and catering, to corporate events and weddings. This was followed by experience in tasting room management at Airfield Estates in Prosser, Washington.

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Ledge Blanc

Ledge Blanc
Three bottles of the same type of wine, but from three different wineries. Click here for tasting notes.

The Ledge Blanc Project

The Ledge Blanc Project is much more ambitious than simply three Door County wineries deciding to put the same name on a white wine. It is an attempt to create a signature appellation wine for the entire Wisconsin Ledge AVA—something consumers can eventually associate with northeastern Wisconsin in the way certain wine styles become identified with particular European or American regions.

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Parallel 44 La Crescent

Parallel 44 La Crescent NV
Parallel 44 La Crescent NV Click here for tasting notes. I have posts on all of these wines. Just search for Parallel 44.

Parallel 44 La Crescent NV

The story of Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery began in 2005, when husband and wife team Steve Johnson and Maria Milano planted their first grape vines. Steve grew up in Green Bay, where his father Carl experimented early on with growing grapes. Maria grew up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where her Italian-born father continued his tradition of making wine for friends and family celebrations. Steve and Maria met while in school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then attended law school together. While working as attorneys, they attended seminars on grape growing in Wisconsin, with an eye towards getting into the wine business.

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Adega Northwest Eremita

Adega Northwest Winery
Adega Northwest Eremita White Blend. Click here for tasting notes. I have posts on all of these wines. Just search for Adega.

Adega Northwest Eremita White Blend 2018

When most of us think of a winery, what usually comes to mind is the romantic stereotype of a rustic but exquisite barn situated halfway up a mountain in the western U. S. overlooking a bucolic valley below; a fabulous hundred-years old chateau surrounded by ancient vines somewhere in France; or perhaps even a charming azienda agricola in Italy with a view of Roman ruins. But that’s not the only way to do it.  Adega Northwest of Portland, Oregon, is very much an urban winery.  There are vineyards, of course, you just won’t see them if you pay the winery a visit (by appointment only).  And because they are not tied to an estate, Adega Northwest can and does draw on sources throughout the region. Continue reading “Adega Northwest Eremita”

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Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc 2023

Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc 2023.
Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc. Click here for tasting notes.

Anchored Roots Ledge Blanc 2023

Eric and Amy Gale are the owners and sole full-time employees of Anchored Roots, in Door County, Wisconsin, founded in 2020.

The couple make an ideal front-of-house/back-of-house duo. Amy grew up in Milwaukee, with hospitality at the forefront of her career path. Her initial focus was event planning, from non-profit fundraisers and catering, to corporate events and weddings. This was followed by experience in tasting room management at Airfield Estates in Prosser, Washington.

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Genora White Wine

Genora Skin Fermented White Win.e
Genora Skin Fermented White Wine. Click here for tasting notes.

Genora Skin Fermented White Wine

Among the picturesque vines of the Château de Villemajou, nestled in the heart of the Corbières in 1975, a young Gérard Bertrand harvested his first grapes, unknowingly embarking on a lifelong passion for wine. Under the guidance of his father, Georges Bertrand, Gérard honed his skills and absorbed the values of performance and excellence instilled in him through his years on the rugby fields of his first vocation.

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