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It’s the first #MourvedreMonday of the month, so here’s a roundup of Mourvèdre-related interestingness from the past month: February, the dwarf month. (I wonder if someday, February will be downgraded from full month status to “dwarf”, like poor ole Pluto.) The Leon Stolarski Blog stoked my jealousy this month with a post describing a major [...] March 4th, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Bandol, Domaine Tempier, lamb's spinal cord, Mataro, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Pluto | Category: Commentary, Round-Ups | 
Leave a comment.Here are a few things that have caught my Mourvèdre-adled brain’s attention recently (lots of Mourvèdre action from Down Under recently): Drinkster (aka @whiteswine) has a tour-de-force post on the history of Mourvèdre/Mataro in Australia all the way back to the Phoenicians. Must read. Aussie winemakers are producing more varietal Mourvèdre, according to themercury.com.au: “We’re [...] |
 
 
 
 
 
   
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Mourvèdre Roundup: March 2013
Your monthly roundup of Mourvèdre-related interestingness from the interwebs circa March 2013.
Last month’s roundup led off with a jealosy-stoking post about a major Domaine Tempier tasting, so let’s start March’s roundup with @ErinBScala‘s post on a vertical tasting of Hewitson’s Old Garden Mourvèdre, from the first vintage (1998) through the latest barrel sample (2012). If [...]