Bordeaulais Industries, LLC - Wine Consulting & Education

09/17/2026

I don't know about the Beagle. I might put the Beagle with a glass of Scotch. ;-)

Feeling very lab today, wbu? 🐾

08/31/2026

Well kids, it's the last day of meteorological summer. Meteorological fall starts September 1st. How do we feel about this?

08/28/2026

Cheers, friends! I wonder if Lambeau Field serves red wine??

08/24/2026

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. LOL!

08/21/2026

Did you know?

Wine is produced in all 50 of our great United States! Primarily California, Washington, New York, & Oregon, with Texas and Virginia rounding out the top 6.

But, since I am a good Wisconsin girl, today I'll share this: Wisconsin has THREE recognized AVAs (American Viticultural Area):

---Wisconsin Ledge AVA, which includes Door County

---Lake Wisconsin AVA, just northwest of Madison, and includes Wollersheim Winery and lies within the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA, and

---Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA, stretching from the Quad Cities to Minneapolis, to just south of Eau Claire and east over to Madison.

08/20/2026

Because I know we have a few pinotphiles following along here...

08/18/2026

I'm told by my calendar that today is National or International Pinot Noir Day.

I think that's a pretty good reason to celebrate. I love Pinot Noir. Originating in France and one of the "Noble Grapes" It's a testy grape - hard to grow and manage, and I'm pretty sure that my husband might say I'm a little tough to manage, so Pinot Noir may be my "spirit grape". 😆 It's also one of the primary grapes used in the making of champagne.

It's grown all over the world now, sometimes by different names; for example:
Germany = Blauburgunder
Italy = Pinot Nero
Slovenia = Modri Pinot

If you're new to wine, Pinot Noir is a great place to start. it's a beautiful light to medium-bodied red with high acidity, and it pairs well with food - salmon, roast chicken or turkey, pork tenderloin, mushrooms, roasted root veggies, and soft cheeses. Serve it slightly chilled, 55-60°F.

Cheers!

08/13/2026

Happy National Prosecco Day!

Prosecco Points of Fact:
It's a DELICIOUS sparkling wine, made mostly in northeastern Italy.

Typically made by fermenting the Glera grape, using the "tank method", which from a consumer perspective, helps keep it affordable.

Ranges from Brut (dryer) to Extra Dry (which is actually sweeter than Brut).

Drink it chilled on its own, or in a peach bellini, Aperol spritz, Hugo spritz, or even a Limoncello spritz! Spritz away! Cheers!

08/12/2026

Well, it seems to be about three to four weeks ahead of schedule, but the Napa CA grape harvest season is officially underway. Mostly whites for now, maybe Pinot Noir. Other red varietals will come later - likely in September.

If you're headed out that way, take some time to enjoy observing harvest activities, dinners, parties, etc. It's a GREAT time to be out there.

And now my traveling foot is itchy. Cheers!

Photo creds: Round Pond Estate

08/11/2026

Boom-shaka-laka-boom!

Dear Neo-Prohibitionists and people throwing shade on wine,

Can you just stop already? Wine drinkers and cardiologists have said this for years, now we have a massive and VERY statistically significant study that proves it — moderate wine consumption reduces your risk of death by cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.

We have the receipts, what do you say now? Stop the bullish*t and fear mongering. And, as .felicity and I discussed in last week’s show — the media should probably stop being so lazy and looking for clickbait. Do your research, journalists. Stop scaring people with poorly researched articles that are published specifically to get eyeballs. — you may want to take notice and stop publishing the unbelievably biased anti-alcohol articles that are sourced from Neo-prohibitionists work (looking at you )

Leave wine alone. It’s been here for 8,000 years and it’s going to last through this smear campaign. Normal wine people are too smart and see through the crap. And if they were skeptical before, they can read this scientific journal and see for themselves.

Checkmate, Neo-prohibitionists

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