Great Wine for $20

2016 Chateau Grand Launay Cotes de Bourg, Bordeaux Regular Price $15.99 Wine writers and the people that talk about wines on the radio seem to think that wines from Bordeaux are big, luscious, viscous beasts that cost thousands of dollars but are at the apex of the wine pyramid. Of course, as with most things,[…]

My Favorite Wine, Jan. 10, 2019

2006 Domaine Albert Boillot ‘Les Petits Poisots’ Volnay Regular Price $54.99 Sale Price $43.99 Its difficult to navigate Burgundy for even the experienced wine buyer. First of all, there are 100 appellations. Then, there are four levels – regional, communal (or village), premier cru and grand cru. For each progressive level, yields are getting lower[…]

Great wine for a $20

2016 Punta Crena Pettirosso Colline Savonesi, Liguria Regular Price $17.99 People that love wine, who truly love wine, delight in the thrill of finding a wine that they’ve never heard of before. Then, if that wine is also delicious, it feels like a miracle. And, imagine, if the wine is also inexpensive! This is that[…]

Tasting notes; Wines from Piedmont, Jan. 5, 2019

2017 Elvio Tintero Moscato d’Asti ‘Sorì Gramella’ Regular Price $17.99 Sale price $13.99 I think the wine ‘experts’ don’t really like wine. Otherwise, they would give this wine about a zillion points (whatever that means). Oh, right, sorry, I forgot, we’re not allowed to like sweet wines unless they are red, from Napa and expensive.[…]

My Favorite Wine, January 3, 2019

2017 Lapierre Morgon Cru Beaujolais Regular Price $37.99 Sale Price $29.99 Do you remember Popeye? Popeye the Sailor Man? He was a cartoon figure from the 1930’s into the 70’s, who famously had one eye, smoked a pipe, had enormous forearms and a tattoo. He was constantly vexed by the larger, bearded, villainous Bluto, however,[…]