In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark talks with Alessandro Pasqua of Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine during his first day at ProWein. Alessandro was very gracious in spending a lot of time with Mark giving the history of his family’s winery and tasting
In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark takes a 2-ish hour drive over to the Nahe to visit with Anne Dönnhoff of Weingut Dönnhoff. Anne takes him to the highest part of the valley and gives him a bird’s eye view of the
In this special edition of 1337 Wine TV, Mark starts his trip to ProWein in Germany with a quick visit to the Mosel and the Dr. Loosen winery. He sits down with Ernst Loosen and his nephew Daniel Emmes for what is essentially a master
In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark reviews 3 different “Christmas” beverages. First is the non-vintage Electric Reindeer Chardonnay. Second is the Wintersaison Gluhwein. Last is the Holly Nog Original Egg Nog. Three fun beverages to bring to a party or keep the
After being away for several weeks I’ve returned. My mother passed away on April 27th; a few days after my return from vacation. I decided to return with an episode to explain my absence and to honor her memory. While my mother wasn’t a huge
In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark takes a quick trip up IH-35 to Austin to hang out with Advanced Sommelier, GM and Sommelier of Personal Wine and Red Room Lounge Bill Elsey. Mark and Bill talk about how Bill got into the
In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark reviews 3 wines for Christmas. He also tests a prototype wine opener and aerator. The wines for today are the 2011 Biltmore Estates Christmas Wine. This wine was donated by the Estate for the purpose of
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Wilhelm Bergmann Dornfelder. Links for today’s show: Wilhelm Bergmann – Sorry no website for this winery 🙁 Zippy Kid
Author: Mark V. Fusco San Antonio, TX In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2007 Undone Pinot Noir.
Sommelier School Lesson 20 – The Rest of Germany And now, the rest of the story, er, I mean Germany. So last week we covered 3 of the 13 Quality wine regions. How are we going to do the remaining 10 in a week?
