Cabernet on Canvas: Paintings in Wine:

Message from Nicholas Della Morte Milewski, a sommelier and artist. Nicholas has a Kickstarter project: 

'Big Loire rouge fan here. 

I've been a somm for years, but I'm also an artist. I've recently been painting with wine. I'm running a Kickstarter for the project, and I thought I'd pass it along. 

About this project: 

"Wine is sunlight held together by water."

-- Galileo Galilei

My name's Nicholas, and I'm a sommelier (aka wine ninja) and an artist. For years I've studied wine alongside my greatest passion, painting. 
I'm fascinated by how different cultures have trained, blended, bred, and cultivated grapes over many centuries, creating the art that is modern winemaking.

I'm enamored with the beauty and complexity of the drink. It's an art derived exclusively from nature -- from sunlight and water. And every culture has distinctive styles.

So, I started painting with wine to showcase the visual beauty and unexpected color-range of this beverage.

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Nicholas Della Morte Milewski

Sommelier/Artist

(774) 487-8693

@della.paint

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Wink Lorch celebrates successful fundraising for her Jura book

A bottle of 2004 Vin Jaune from Domaine de la Pinte with Wink Lorch@Terroirs

Wink Lorch held a small celebration yesterday afternoon in the Terroirs Wine Bar in London to mark the successful conclusion of fundraising for her Jura book. Using Kickstarter Wink raised £14,076 in pledges towards the cost of producing her book on the wines for the Jura.    

L-R: Céline Bouteiller, Jen MacDonald (Mandarin Communications - who are organising the first ever Jura tasting in London next month) and Alison Dillon (Dillon-Morrall) 

2007 Cuvée Prestige, Savagnin, Jean François Ganevat

Among the wines we tried was the delicately oxidised 2007 Savagnin from Jean François Ganevat. Here is Kermit Lynch's take on the Ganevat wines.

With the easy bit now over, the hard work of finishing the research and getting the words down now begins. The book is due out in April 2014.