Are We There Yet??? Why Wine Takes So Long...

In last week's Episode (did you listen?), you met my good friends "English Anne", Joan and Erika as we did a fabulous tasting at Tres Sabores Winery in St Helen, CA led by fellow wine educator Jim Olmos. This week you are hearing the second part of our visit as we pulled 3 of my unfinished 2023 Sollevato wines from the barrel to taste them mid-way through their journey. I was excited to share my "babies" with this special focus group and their reactions are genuine, interesting and insightful! Listen as we talk about: How wines change as they are aging in the barrel (and why we age them as long as we do)Where does tannin come from and why is it important?What you can tell by the color of a wine What’s up with a white wine that looks brown?Can you /should you bottle age white wine?Did you know I make my own wine here in Sonoma County? My 2021 Sollevato Sangiovese is available to be shipped to most US States. Use the code PODLISTENER for 10% off. It's a delicious, medium bodied, aromatic red wine that is perfect with pizza, pasta and your charcuterie spread!You can sign up HERE to be the first to know when the wines you are hearing about are available in 2025!You NEED some delicious California Olive Oil from our awesome sponsor American Olive Farmer. Use code SipWithNikki for $10 off your order!If you'd like to Support the Podcast, you can buy me a glass of wine and get a shoutout on a future episode.Please leave a RATING or a REVIEW (on your podcast listening platform), or thumbs up and subscribe (on YouTube!)Questions? Comments? Guest requests? [email protected]