Uncharted Flight: Lemon Creek Tasting Notes
On a recent jaunt through Southwest Michigan, we stopped by Lemon Creek Winery. Open since 1984 and 100% estate grown, the Lemon family...
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Unchartedwines
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Virtue Michigan Cherry Cider
Few places in the country grow better cider apples than the Lake Michigan shore. Something about that lake effect provides all the...
Unchartedwines
- Apr 26, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Bell Spring Winery 2018 Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc plantings may be declining in France and California, but that’s ok, places like Texas and South Africa are more than happy...
Unchartedwines
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Bell Spring 2018 Alicante Bouschet
As we learned in our recent interviews of Bell Springs winery owner Nate Pruitt and winemaker Nic Compton, there are a lot of great...
Unchartedwines
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Lemon Creek Pinot Noir Rosé
Southwest Michigan does not get the attention the Mission Peninsula and Leelanau Peninsula do, but we find their wines to be solid and...
Unchartedwines
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Review: B Nektar's The Dude's Rug Cider
We like The Big Lebowski, but we don’t love it. Our tasting panel had more love for B. Nektar’s cider The Dude’s Rug, inspired by a...
Unchartedwines
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Hive and Barrel Hibiscus Mead
Kentucky’s Hive and Barrel Meadery has been making mead and cider in the Louisville suburbs for a decade. Their meads tend towards the...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Duplin Carolina Red
In many areas of the country, wine shoppers will never see muscadine wine on the shelf. A specialty of the Southeast United States,...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Restoration Cider Door County Cherry Semi Dry
Based out of Madison, Wisconsin, Restoration Cider was inspired to make cider after visiting Northwest Spain (not Basque country in the...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Gurutzeta Original Basque Cider
Basque ciders are, like most things Basque, a delightful blend of the rustic and the funky. Certainly not a cider to start your journey...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 17, 2021
- 1 min
Review: 2015 Domaine Vetriccie Corse Rouge
Sicily seems to be getting all the love these days from fans of off the beaten path grapes, and why shouldn’t it? Full of indigenous...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Urban Artifact Brut Fruit Tart Ale with Pinot Grigio Grapes
Beer/wine blends are nothing new, but often the sum is not better than the parts. When our tasting panel sat down with Urban Artifact’s...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Manoir de Grandouet Fermier Brut
French ciders are characterized by their fruity aroma and character, which often comes from slow or arrested fermentation or...
Unchartedwines
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Mountain View Vineyards Noiret
Mountain View Vineyards sits in the Poconos Mountains in the northeast part of the state. The Poconos are full of resorts, as well as...
Unchartedwines
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Crafted Meadery Bananas Foster Forever
Crafted Meadery has been making meads since 2012. Located just outside of Akron, Ohio, they have an interesting and expansive lineup of...
Unchartedwines
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Review: 2017 Shalauri Kisi
We love tasting new grapes. We especially loving sitting down with indigenous grapes being grown or made in a traditional way. So when...
Unchartedwines
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Vinkolet Sweet Jackie
Fruit wines are often a mixed bag. What those who drink only grape wines don't realize is they require a skilled hand that balances the...
Unchartedwines
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
Review: 2016 Red Tail Ridge Sekt Sparkling Riesling
When trends converge. The Finger Lakes, Riesling, and Sekt are all hot right now, and Red Tail combines all three in this bottling. What...
Unchartedwines
- Feb 11, 2021
- 1 min
Review: 2018 Sokol Blosser Bluebird Cuvee
Sokol Blosser has been making wine for 50 years, with a focus on sustainability (the bluebirds on the label refer to a project the winery...
Unchartedwines
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Malvira Rive Gauche Sparkling Arneis
Once down to only two Italian producers, Arneis has been plucked from obscurity into a sort of winelover’s handshake, one that separates...
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