For the Winos

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|25 September 202225 September 2022|#dipWSETjourney, For the Winos

We measure wines with effervescence on a scale of bars. The EU standards say that anything with 1 - 2.5 bars of pressure is a semi-sparkling wine, while 3 bars and above constitutes a fully sparkling wine. But what’s a...

Milos is a Dream

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|22 September 202223 September 2022|For the Winos

I get it into my head that I need to go and see something, then allow the rest to fall into place. So Kleftiko led me to Milos. Milos led me to Kostantakis Cave Winery. The only winery on the...

Pet Nat: The OG of Bubbly

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|20 September 202220 September 2022|#dipWSETjourney, For the Winos

Pet Nat. Pétillant Naturel. Naturally Sparkling. Ancestral Method. A fizzy, often funky wine that finishes fermenting in the bottle. The OG of bubbly. Master of Wine and lovely instructor at the International Wine Center in New York City, Mary Gorman-McAdams...

Ditch Your Veuves and Get Into Grower Champagnes

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|07 September 202207 September 2022|#dipWSETjourney, For the Winos

Purple Mouthed Tip: For the same price — often less — you’re going to find a much more exciting bottle, one that doesn’t ride on the price of making you a sheep, rather hard work and place. So ditch your...

WSET D4 – The Sparkling Wine Takeover

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|03 September 202204 September 2022|#dipWSETjourney, For the Winos

Though I'm as bubble-mouthed as I am purpled, this portion of the diploma program has me on edge. I've fizzed well for years now, but never with the focus I've applied to still wines…bubbles are what got us through all...

Purple Tasting Menu Mouthed in Imerovigli

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|03 August 202204 August 2022|For the Winos

If you're going to Santorini, stay in Imerovigli and eat at La Maison. The food is fun, the wine pairings spot-on and the view is unforgettable. The somm rocked it that night with native varieties and spot-on pairings. I should...

My Rhôneissance

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|19 November 202119 November 2021|#dipWSETjourney, For the Winos, Purple Hearted

So I’m in whole a Rhôneissance thing right now. The Côte-Rôtie, Cornas, Gigondas, the big Pape-A…All things considered, at least the #WSETDiploma program has given me that, because prior to, I never knew about these outstanding wines that are so...

My Kendall Jackson Crisis

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|08 September 202108 September 2021|For the Wineries, For the Winos

As I grapple with having blindly assessed an $11 Kendall Jackson Char as “Very Good” according to WSET standards, so many thoughts...

Traversa, I love you.

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|24 August 202124 August 2021|For the Winos, Purple Hearted

Visiting Traversa was one of those wine-made moments I’ll never forget. The people, the land, Nebbiolo, Barbera…the people! Their wines vibrate, limestone-licked and expressed. The winemakers’ warmth present in every sip.

Tasting Notes: White Grapes Left To Be

by kendal.montgomery@gmail.com|24 June 202124 June 2021|For the Wineries, For the Winos

As this week is all about the orange, the skin-contact, the skin-fermented, whatever you want to call them....here are some notes from notable sips of white grapes that were left to be.

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