http://williamscorner.com/blog Observations on wine from the partners of the Williams Corner Wine Company Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:38:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Williams Corner Wine is pleased to announce Dale Quesenberry as the newest member to our team! Dale will be serving the Northern Virginia territory as Raelinn moves into a new role for us. Dale comes to us from the culinary world having spent over fifteen years in the restaurant industry ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/12/07/welcome-to-our-newest-team-member/ I just can’t fit everything I want to say into 140 characters, so please indulge me in a little blogging. First, I want to thank Joe Dressner from Louis/Dressner Selections[caption id="attachment_58" align="alignleft" width="300"] and Monika Caha from Monika Caha Selections for coming down and joining us in the battle that ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/10/22/what-a-day-real-wine-real-friends-fo-real/ Although no specific definition exists for a natural wine, it is commonly understood that a natural wine is produced with the minimum amount of intervention and manipulation possible. A natural wine producer seeks to produce the perfect vehicle to transmit the terroir of a place to you, the consumer. As ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/10/02/what-natural-wine-means-to-williams-corner-wine/ [caption id="attachment_51" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Strohmeier Schilchersekt"][/caption]Because (in the words of Gary V) this wine is bringing the thunder! So here's the deal: Drink it with someone special while enjoying something delicious (roast duck maybe.) Be sure to save one glass to drink the next day for breakfast or lunch (if ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/09/16/strohmeier-schilchersekt-blauer-wildbacher-styria-austria/ According to many of the articles I’m reading online and in trade journals, this year has been the biggest year for rosé wines that we’ve ever seen; yet I’m running across the same sad phenomenon I run across every year around this time… the demise of rosé wines until next ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/09/06/long-live-rose/ FB.init("ff2b0f54d8edac1dc7487844433847e9"); Williams Corner Wine on Facebook http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/08/06/45/ After my first taste of Le Telquel I was inspired to write a silly poem! Ode to a Wire-Haired Dachshund: O mon cher tekel du poil dur, O comme je t'aime avec ton ame pure. "Rouge, beau, et meme mieux que beau... Tu as du chien"* telquel, sur. by Raelinn in honor of ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/06/26/ode-to-a-wire-haired-dachshund-for-thierry-puzelat/ Waldschutz 2008 GV (Gruner Veltliner) 1 Liter Usually I write funny things about the wine in this space, but the story for this one is heartbreaking. I visited the Domaine in February of 2008, shortly after this cuvée was created. It, along with the ever popular, but soon to ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/06/23/summer-grillers/ FYI: I taped a Grape Radio interview the other day about the economy and wine. Brian Clark and I interview Danny Brager, VP of Nielsen Co (he follows the wine trade), and Cyril Penn, editor in chief of Wine Business Monthly. It was very interesting and I hope it'll be ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/06/23/teds-musings-after-wine-and-economy-interview-on-grape-radio/ We represent a lot of great winemakers who are passionate about what they do and produce wines that are a result of tireless dedication and abundant enthusiasm. I am simultaneously extremely proud and humbled by the portfolio we have been able to assemble over the course of this ... http://williamscorner.com/blog/2009/06/05/when-you-love-what-you-do/