2015 l’Epicourchois Cour-Cheverny Loire Valley, FR Regular Price $34.99 Sale Price $27.99 Don’t be embarrassed if you’ve never heard of this wine or this region. And I’m willing to bet that almost no one has heard of the grape, Romorantin. In fact, you might be hard pressed to find this wine in wine-shop in Loire.[…]
I know that I complain too much about wine critics. Some would say that I’ve already lost the war; that the critics and the ‘point’ system are here to stay and anyway, why does it matter? The contention is that ‘scores’ are nothing more than shorthand to allow the consumer to understand quickly the opinion[…]
2017 Jean-Maurice Raffault ‘Les Galuches’ Chinon Loire Valley, France Regular Price $18.99 Sale Price $14.99 Some people seem to think that one can not drink red wines in the summer. Others think that big, rich, oaky, high alcohol wines are perfect in any season. They are both wrong. Ok, maybe ‘wrong’ is too strong of[…]
Back in the late 90s’, Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, who wrote a wine column for the Wall Street Journal called ‘Tastings’, invented the “Open That Bottle Night”, encouraging their readers to open a symbolically significant bottle any night of the week, for any reason. The idea was that, generally, a ‘special’ bottle should[…]
Airlie Estate Pinot Blanc, Willamette Valley 2016 Regular Price $18.99 Sale price $14.99 This is a summer-time wine…fresh and bright with orange blossom aromas luring you in and joining the fresh pea and tropical flavors that follow. Understated but not lacking in charm and charisma. Jean-Luc Mader Pinot Gris, Alsace 2016 Regular Price $22.99 Sale[…]
Resolved: All wine is good. Now, that doesn’t mean that you must like them all. If fact, you don’t have to like any. Or many. You’re well within your rights to prefer whites over reds (as true connoisseurs do) and to prefer young, sweet, fruity wines that don’t age well (like Napa Cabs) to more[…]
2016 Dept. 66 ‘Fragile’ Rosé Maury, France Regular Price $22.99 Sale Price $17.99 I had a completely different wine in mind to write about this week, but that one will have to wait. This wine is really and truly the proper wine for this week. Nearly everyone has now heard of Dave Phinney, the architect[…]