As some of you are aware, I also own a design agency. So it was much to my pleasure to discover this art/wine website: chateaupetrogasm.com. My two worlds collide on this website. Don’t think “stuffy art and wine”—think “art as communication.” To build my mental tasting notes, I sometimes think about what I would see if you could put a visual to a taste. See if you can pair up the picture with words:

A. Chalk Hill, ML on Sauvignon Blanc
B. Pinot Noir

Pairings below, no peeking!

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PAIRINGS

1. B: Pinot Noir/flowing scarf—The ethereal quality of a great Pinot makes me think of a silk scarf gently blowing in the wind. This image from Singing in the Rain also conjures the sensuality and passion that a great Pinot can have.

2. A: Chalk Hill, ML on SB/ purple and green circles, intersecting
It’s not a typical practice to put Sauvignon Blanc through malolactic fermentaion (ML). ML makes a wine more round, and typically Sauvignon Blanc is an expression of fresh citrus or wild grass aromatics. So it seems counterintuitive to put ML on a Sauvignon Blanc, but in this case it works. As soon as I tasted it, I saw an image of green and purple circles intersecting. The focus, of course, is the color that’s created where the circles intersect. If it’s the right percentage of green and purple, you get a beautiful color…if not, it looks like mud.

Here are a few highlights I like from chateaupetrogasm.com
http://chateaupetrogasm.com/2008/04/19/2005-reif-estate-winery-vidal-ice...
http://chateaupetrogasm.com/2008/04/16/2008-manischwitz-eldeberry-wine/
http://chateaupetrogasm.com/2008/04/03/2006-yellow-tail-shiraz-grenache-...

Do you have a visual/wine connection you want to share?