March Wine Club: Forgotten wines and found bottles

As the seasons March on, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who is joining Partake on this adventure. The transition into this new wine club format opens up so many exciting opportunities for all of us. Our combined purchasing power gives our club members access to rare wines at excellent prices. We hope our club members are as excited about our efforts to build this collection as we are. When I’m

evaluating wines for our club, I’m looking for wines that jump out of the glass, with excitement and significance. Wine that leaves an impression that you won’t forget. Wines that you feel like you have to share with others. Wines that draw you in, not only with their aromas and symphonies of flavor on your palate, but also that captivate you

with their stories. These fascinating stories, both historical and modern, have captured my passion and continue to keep me engaged in the world of wine. As a student of life, wine has been a world full of intriguing experiences that excite more senses than most of what modern entertainment offers. Let’s jump into this month! I approached this month wanting to spend some time discussing the history and significance of the plant Vitis vinifera. This is the scientific name of almost all of the grapes that make wine. The genus name Vitis

includes other grape species, including Vitis californica, which grows wild in northern California and southern Oregon. Unfortunately, these vines haven’t spent a few millennia being specially selected for flavor and make mediocre wines at best. In the few hundred years that other grape species have been cultivated, the best we have been able to come up with is some intriguing off-dry wines with a distinctive

“foxyness” that is not very pleasant