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,[…]
2016 Carême ‘Cuvée T’ Vouvray Brut Loire Valley, FR Regular Price $28.99 Sale price $22.99 Wines from Vouvray may be dry, sweet or in-between. They can be still or sparkling. But they can only ever be made of Chenin Blanc. Thus, this beautiful, dry, sparkling wine shows not only the versatility of Chenin Blanc but[…]
2016 Savary Chablis Burgundy, FR Regular Price: $29.99 Sale Price $23.99 So, here’s the thing…some people won’t drink white wine in cold weather. I’m not sure why that is. Because it’s served chilled? So what, they don’t drink coffee in the summer? Still other people won’t drink white wine at all. It seems that somehow,[…]
2016 Faury Saint Joseph Blanc Rhone Valley, France Regular Price $39.99 Sale price $31.99 Northern Rhone whites are often not very pretty. They may be big and full bodied and dense but seldom beautiful. This blend of Roussanne and Marsanne is gorgeous; rich and full-bodied, yet graceful and nuanced. 2014 Domaine William Fevre Chablis Montmains[…]
2016 Hillinger Zweigelt Burgenland, Austria Regular Price: $21.99 Sale Price $17.99 Wanna have some fun this holiday season? When your brother-in-law, the wine expert, starts mouthing off about his last trip to Napa and all the 100 point wines in his ‘cellar’, ask him about Austrian reds. Nope, tell him, not Australia…Austria. Then sit back[…]
2016 Valerie Forgues Gamay Touraine, Loire Valley Regular Price $24.99 Sale Price $19.99 Loire Valley Gamay is one of the grapes that wine critics almost never reference, as the resulting wines are seldom deep, dense, hedonistic, jammy or purple/black. Instead, they are often balanced, precise, transparent and delicious, exhibiting aromas of the soil and river[…]
Elijah Craig Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Bardstown, KY Regular Price $30.99 Sale price $28.99 This is named for Rev. Elijah Craig, who is credited with being the first distiller to age his whiskey in charred oak barrels. Its very polished, easy to like, smooth and warm; pleasantly woody with accents of spice, smoke, and[…]
2016 Arterberry Maresh Old Vines Pinot Noir Dundee Hills, Oregon Regular Price $54.99 Sale Price $43.99 I first visited Oregon in the late 80’s…and was captivated by the burgeoning wine scene; it was open and friendly and passionate, qualities that I felt were no longer in evidence in California. I’d like to tell you that[…]
2017 Redhawk Pinot Gris Eola-Amity Hills, OR Regular Price $18.99 Sale price $14.99 Oregon Pinot Gris doesn’t (and shouldn’t) taste like Alsatian Pinot Gris or Dolomiti Pinot Grigio. Not as lush as the former and more aromatic than the latter, its its own wine, with pear and citrus. This one also has some grip, due[…]
Let’s be honest…there are a whole lot of people that claim that they absolutely hate Chardonnay and yet secretly drink the living shit out of it. And/or, there exist people that think that Chardonnay is a flavor and since the flavor of the one Chardonnays that they tasted didn’t appeal to them, they’ve turned to[…]