Steve Chapman After a 14-month COVID-induced shutdown, the Wine Club of SaddleBrooke Ranch (WCSBR) restarted with a French-themed “Wines of Summer” tasting event on May 17. Because of the need for continued social distancing, there were two separate seatings, which served a total of 136 WCSBR members. This tasting event opened with a Crémant-style sparkling…
Arlene Wong During May, while we continued sheltering in place, the Wonderful Wandering Women’s Wine group of SaddleBrooke Ranch, which was initially started by Linda Wolowicz and Rebecca Williams, met for the first time ever via Zoom. During the summer of 2013, Linda and Rebecca talked about how great it would be to get together with…
Linda Shannon-Hills Did you ever wonder why the wine you bought was not as good as you were told? Maybe you loved that $10 bottle better than the $25 bottle you purchased the week before. Back by popular demand spend an hour with Robert L. Wample, PhD during the Thursday Talk on December 14 and…
Linda Shannon-Hills SBR Thursday Talks welcomes Robert L. Wample Ph.D for our February talk on Thursday, February 16, at 4:00 p.m. Bob’s talk will spend the hour explaining about how wine grapes are grown, where and why they are grown there and how science and technology are improving the process. During this discussion he will…
Cabernet Sauvignon: The Blessed Savage Andrew McCreery Few things in the world of wine are as iconic and powerful as the mighty, long lived Cabernet Sauvignon. It is the power behind the left bank blends of Bordeaux, often is the ‘Super’ in Super Tuscans from Italy and is the measure of excellence and elegance in…
The blessed Rhone Andrew McCreery There are several places in this world that just seem to be special. Everyone has their own list of magical places. For me one of those areas is the Rhone River of France, especially the southern region. So many elements of history, culture, geography and, of course, wine intersect with…