Red, Red Rhone
Hilton Harrisburg 1 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA, United Statesby Eric Miller The concept for this tasting is to simplify the signature features of the Rhone Valley’s climate, soils, grape varieties and its confusion of regulations. All that sounds very serious, yet our guest speaker, Eric Miller, promises “We will laugh, we will cry, we will zig and we will zag our way just…
Wine Wednesday ~ Wines at, or lower than, 12.5% Alcohol-By-Volume
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomWines at 12.5% ABV or Less by Marty Cook Our next Wine Wednesday episode, which airs on Wednesday, October 20th at 7:00 PM Eastern/New York Time, will confront the topic of wines at 12.5% Alcohol by Volume (ABV) or Less. When I first began to explore wine in 1971, wines rarely exceeded 12.5% ABV. Yeast…
German Wine Labels with guest, Inge Mountz
Wherever YOU Connect with Zoomby Marty Cook Have you ever wandered into your wine store’s German section, only to feel totally overwhelmed? At first glance, your first impression is that the bottles are all very decorative with their multi-colored and very artistically done labels. But, upon closer inspection, deciphering the Germanic font with strange accents over some of the…
Wine Wednesday ~ Give Us a Recommendation
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomOur next Wine Wednesday, on October 27th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time will feature your wine recommendations. This is a wide open topic and gives you a wide berth of considerations from which to choose. You could recommend a wine to pair with a particular meal; so, in your estimation, what goes best with…
Wine Wednesday ~ “The Last Wine You Drank”
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomOur next Wine Wednesday episode, scheduled for November 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time, is a takeoff on so many social media posts with similar premises. “Tell us the last food you ate” or “Tell us the last song you heard”. This topic was delivered to me while riding a train from New Orleans…
Syrah Comparisons – Syrah/Shiraz Around the World
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomJoin us online on Sunday, November 7th at 3:30 p.m. Eastern/New York time for our next Pennsylvania Wine Society Virtual Wine Tasting event. During this upcoming program, Joe Via will lead us through a comparison of three examples of Syrah. These wines will come from a diversity of locations all around the globe that will…
Wine Wednesday ~ Wines 10 Years old, or older
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomWines 10-Years-Old or Older by Marty Cook Our next Wine Wednesday episode will occur on November 10th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time and will focus on older wine vintages. More specifically, we will draw upon our collective wine cellar to feature wines that are ten or more years in age. By that, we do…
PWS Member Selections
Hilton Harrisburg 1 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA, United Statesby Scott Casper-------------------- On Friday evening, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hilton Harrisburg, we will be experiencing a unique and fun event featuring eight wines presented by PWS board members and members. This event is unique because instead of being seated at a table, you will be able to socialize and walk around…
Wine Wednesday ~ GSM’s – Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre Blends
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomGSM’s (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre blends) by Marty Cook Next week’s Wine Wednesday on November 17th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time will examine a very popular red wine blend to which many refer as a “GSM” (an acronym for three well-known grape varieties known as “Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre”). This genre of wines is a huge…
Beaujolais & Beaujolais Nouveau
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomBeaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau by Marty Cook It’s Beaujolais Nouveau Time! Every year at 12.01 am on the third Thursday of November, a young, fruity wine full of flavor and zest is released for consumption. In France, it is against the law to release this wine before the appointed time, and the rest of the…
Wine Wednesday ~ Wines from Islands
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomWine Wednesday goes on vacation in the Islands! Well, so to speak. Our next Wine Wednesday program on December 1st at 7:00 PM Eastern/New York Time leaves the mainland to visit the islands. Wine producing islands, that is! On first glance, you may say, “How many wine-producing islands can there possibly be?” The answer is,…
Aromatized Wines – Vermouth, Vini Amari, and Bitters
Wherever YOU Connect with ZoomThis will be an overview of aromatized wines, or wine-based beverages that are flavored with botanicals. A few may have neutral spirits added for stabilization and may be classified as fortified wine. Our tasting and discussion will break into four different areas to help understand aromatized wines. First, with different Vermouth brands; their styles and…