Bodegas Ostatu Rioja Rosado 2017 Regular price: $17.99 Sale Price: $13.99 Light and fresh, this is a lovely rosado from a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha & Viura. Berry flavored and scented, this wine is all about ease and simplicity. It’s a brilliant aperitif and a refreshing al fresco selection. Chateau Pigoudet Première Rosé, Coteaux d’Aix[…]
Wine’s a funny thing…it means completely different things to different people, depending upon a myriad of factors. And I’m not merely talking about taste, which is completely subjective, despite an entirely fictitious ‘point system’. Before the consumer gets around to tasting a wine, they grapple with their perception of wine, which is often shaded by[…]
2014 Marc Deschamps ‘Les Vigne de Berge’ Pouilly Fume, France Regular Price $28.99 Sale Price $22.99 Let’s be very clear…I prefer wines that are more acidic than fruity, wines that are a bit older rather than younger and wines that are more interesting than simply delicious. If, on the other hand, you prefer young, lush,[…]
The worst wine review that I’ve ever read described the wine as ‘incredibly limpid’. Limpid [lim-pid] adjective clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose. completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid,[…]
2015 Domaine de la Pepiere Clisson Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Clisson, France Regular Price $29.99 Sale Price $23.99 We bought this wine ‘blind’ (without tasting) a few weeks back and poured it our ‘Wild and Wonderful Whites’ tasting shortly thereafter. We knew the producer and his reputation, the importer (and their reputation) and the AOC[…]
A Brief History of Whiskey (with recipe) Making whiskey is not all that complicated, however it’s development was centuries behind beer and wine. No doubt about it whiskey was late to the party. Humans figured out the process of distillation around the 10th century, but it wasn’t until the 13th century that wine was distilled[…]
Suntory Whiskey Toki 86 proof Regular price: $39.99 Sale Price: $36.99 “Toki’ means time in Japanese. And Suntory’s Toki Whisky is a tribute to that. Its a blend of whiskies of varying ages from Suntory’s three main distilleries – Hakushu, Yamazaki and Chita. The pairing of Hakushu American white oak cask malt whisky with Chita[…]
It seems that in the modern hierarchy of wines, the three most damaging characteristics that can be assigned to a wine are: thin, sweet and white. Frankly, this is patently ridiculous, especially since many (if not most) of the ‘prized’ wines (red and thick) are also sweet (how do you think that they got thick?).[…]
2015 Chateau La Vieille Cure Fronsac, France Regular Price $34.99 Sale Price $27.99 So here’s the thing…by and large, we stock wines that we like. And, again, by and large, that translates into classic, elegantly styled, subdued wines that pair well with foods. I like to call these ‘table’ wines. (Yes, I know that the[…]
Simonnet-Febvre Crémant de Bourgogne Brut Rosé NV Regular price: $22.99 Sale Price: $17.99 Fresh and lively, this lovely sparkling wine of 100% Pinot Noir is as charming as it is delicious. Bright and affable red berry flavors followed by crisp and clean acidity makes this a perfect aperitif. Antoniolo ‘Bricco Lorella’ Vino Rosato, Gattinara 2016[…]