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Northshore October 2025
Variable April weather has me reaching for a crisp dry white one moment and a hearty red the next—depending on whether the sun peeks out or grey skies loom overhead. Perhaps fickle weather really calls for something in between. Shedding the powerful reds of winter for lighter styles requires a bit of detective work. One signifier for me is alcohol content. Alcohol is created when the yeast consumes the sugar in grapes—the more sugar in the grapes, the more alcohol in the finished product, unless the winemaker stops the fermentation process. With the hot summers of recent years, it is getting harder to find wines below 14 p
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