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They Really don’y make wines like they used to…
So, as those of you that read my scribblings know, I’m a bit of a Luddite when it comes to wine. I really and truly feel that modern wines, largely due to the trend towards ripeness, are less interesting than wines that have their natural fruit flavors balanced by cleansing acidity and augmented by flavors[…]
Great wine for a 20…
2016 Domaine de Fondreche Ventoux Rhone Valley, FR Regular price $24.99 Sale Price $19.99 Have I not mentioned this wine? Damn…I’ve been remiss! So here’s the thing…historically, the southern Rhone valley didn’t make big, ripe, voluptuous wines; rather the wines were balanced with very attractive red berry flavors, herbal and savory notes and abundant acidity.[…]
Tasting Notes, Feb. 16, 2019; Sparkling wines
Lake Chalice ‘Cracklin’ Savie’, NV Marlborough, NZ Regular Price $19.99 Sale price $15.99 This wine is just a whole lotta fun! Bright, grapefruit flavors jump from the glass, propelled by the CO2, followed by clean and zesty acidity, helped along by the bubbles. It’s both intense and wonderfully silly at the same time. Soligo Brut[…]
My Favorite Wine, Feb. 13, 2019
2014 Varvaglione ‘Papale’ Primitivo di Manduria Puglia, IT Regular price $24.99 Sale Price $19.99 This year, the perfect wine for St. Valentine’s day is a lush, full, ripe and alcoholic Zinfandel from Southern Italy. No..wait…that’s not the wine for Valentine’s Day, that’s the wine for a cold night in front of the fireplace. What? How[…]
Great wine for a 20…
2017 Istine Rosato Tuscany, IT Regular price: $15.99 It’s February, so drink rosé! Or in this case, rosato! Actually, many of the wine ‘rules’ will demand that you do not, under any circumstances drink this wine. And if you do, if you happen to find yourself in a venue where this is the only wine,[…]
Tasting notes, Feb. 9, 2019: Wines of Bordeaux
2017 Château La Rame Blanc Bordeaux Regular Price $22.99 Sale price $17.99 This is a fresh and well balanced Sauvignon Blanc from an family owned estate that strives to make traditional wines from a Bordeaux appellation (Sainte Croix du Mont) that has been overlooked for decades. Fermented and aged in stainless steel, the bright citrus[…]
My Favorite Wine, February 6, 2019
2005 Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis Premier Cru Vaillon Chablis, FR Regular price $57.99 Sale Price $45.99 To some, Chablis is a white wine in a box. To others, Chablis is a region at the northern end of Burgundy, where Chardonnay is grown and made into wines that are of a style all its own. And[…]
The modern myth of dry wine
Stop pretending! Admit it! It’s nothing to be ashamed of! You love sweet wine. And there is nothing wrong with that. I know. All your wine poseur friends insist that sweet wines are for ladies and other less sophisticated sorts. Instead, they’ll tell you, manly men drink big, robust, tannic wines like Napa Cabernet and[…]
Great Wine for a $20
2017 Domaine Notre Dame de Pallières ‘L’Olivet’ Sablet Cotes du Rhone Villages, FR Regular price: $17.99 Back in the ‘80s, I ran a little restaurant in DC. I thought that I knew a bit about wine, (it was true, I knew a very little bit), so I set out to re-write and update the wine-list.[…]
Tasting notes, Feb. 2, 2019…Value Wines
2017 Château la Tour de Beraud Blanc Costieres de Nimes, FR Regular Price $13.99 Sale price $10.99 This is a lush and friendly blend of Grenache blanc, Roussanne, Vermentino and Viognier that delivers richness and depth of flavor without burying the fruit with oak. Despite its weight, and it’s a big white, the wine is[…]
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