http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine Resident wine expert Sandra Silfven on all things vino Tue, 15 May 2012 11:55:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/14/oakland-community-college-and-michigan-speedway-roll-out-big-wine-events/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/14/oakland-community-college-and-michigan-speedway-roll-out-big-wine-events/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 19:02:07 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1316 Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/14/oakland-community-college-and-michigan-speedway-roll-out-big-wine-events/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/12/weekend-wine-cellar-no-8-chardonnay/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/12/weekend-wine-cellar-no-8-chardonnay/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 05:34:34 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1308 Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/12/weekend-wine-cellar-no-8-chardonnay/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/10/awards-inside-stories-at-the-michigan-wine-showcase/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/10/awards-inside-stories-at-the-michigan-wine-showcase/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 05:39:26 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1279 Chateau Fontaine and Black Star Farms tables was the way… Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/10/awards-inside-stories-at-the-michigan-wine-showcase/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/08/a-conversation-with-michigans-jon-treloar-from-j-trees-vineyard/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/08/a-conversation-with-michigans-jon-treloar-from-j-trees-vineyard/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 22:29:02 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1244 J. Trees Cellars is an easy outing for Metro Detroiters, with a tasting room in Lenawee County’s quaint village of Blissfield. Owner/winemaker Jon Treloar has the inside track on commercial winemaking from his days at Michigan State University as Dr. Stan Howell’s research enologist. He made the wines and worked in the vineyard at Spartan Cellars, a… Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/08/a-conversation-with-michigans-jon-treloar-from-j-trees-vineyard/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/05/weekend-wine-cono-sur-pinot-noir/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/05/weekend-wine-cono-sur-pinot-noir/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 05:38:30 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1247 Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/05/weekend-wine-cono-sur-pinot-noir/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/03/michigan-wineries-put-on-a-show-at-the-rattlesnake/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/03/michigan-wineries-put-on-a-show-at-the-rattlesnake/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 05:18:48 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1255 Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/05/03/michigan-wineries-put-on-a-show-at-the-rattlesnake/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/28/weekend-wine-im-deep-rose-napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/28/weekend-wine-im-deep-rose-napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:52:08 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1230 Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/28/weekend-wine-im-deep-rose-napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/26/brys-estates-stassen-is-on-target-with-velvety-reds-unique-whites/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/26/brys-estates-stassen-is-on-target-with-velvety-reds-unique-whites/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:31:30 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1218 Brys Estate on Old Mission Peninsula, has found his groove. Stassen is a master of fruit-forward, velvety red wines — he can make Cabernet Francs and Pinot Noirs that sing — and dry whites like the newest Gewurztraminer and Dry Riesling that are packed with flavor… Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/26/brys-estates-stassen-is-on-target-with-velvety-reds-unique-whites/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/21/weekend-wine-las-rocas-garnacha/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/21/weekend-wine-las-rocas-garnacha/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:21:24 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1208 Las Rocas Garnacha 2009 Calatayud (Spain), $9-$14: Garnacha, the grape variety the French call Grenache, makes a fruit-packed, delicious, approachable dry red grown on the arid, unforgiving rocky soils of Spain’s Aragon region. The Vinas Viejas, or “old vines” wine, about $20, is made off vines from 60 to 100 years old. It’s more difficult to… Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/21/weekend-wine-las-rocas-garnacha/feed/ 0 http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/19/st-julian-introduces-new-red-and-reserve-late-harvest-riesling/ http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/19/st-julian-introduces-new-red-and-reserve-late-harvest-riesling/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:27:08 +0000 Sandra Silfven http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/?p=1198 Continue reading →]]> http://blogs.detroitnews.com/wine/2012/04/19/st-julian-introduces-new-red-and-reserve-late-harvest-riesling/feed/ 0