Stain Less Tasting
February 18, 2011
Steve Grossnickle, Owner
After you spill a red wine on the carpet, you have a permanent reminescence of that wine, at least its color. And, completely removing wine stains is virtually an impossible task regardless of all the ShamWow!® commercials. Therefore, it is recommended to only drink white wines over carpet—they leave little if any long term stains.
Recently I barrel tasted with our winemaker, David Hill, tasting only whites from our stainless steel barrels. I truly believe this year’s pinot gris is our best vintage ever. We will also have a chenin blanc (a new variety to Forty-Five North) which I found to have a delightfully complex blend of minerality and crispness on the tongue. We then jumped over to the oak barrels where our ports, cherry dessert and Northpor, are being aged in freshly-emptied Continue reading “Stain Less Tasting” or Leave a comment (1)
