I’m not going to dive down some rabbit hole and conjecture some mysterious connection between St. Valentine’s Day and Roman bacchanalian rites to support my topic. Nor am I going to attempt to wax poetically on the alleged romantic virtues of red or sparkling wine. And, let’s just get it out there…wine is no more[…]
Cava Mont Marcal Rosado, Brut 2016 Regular Price $19.99 Sale Price $15.99 A delicious and beautifully colored sparkling rosé, the wine expresses cherry and plum aromas with fresh bright berry flavors following. It’s a joyful, lovely, delightful wine. Domaine Saint Damien Gigondas Rosé 2016 Regular Price $29.99 Sale price $23.99 Old vine Cinsault with younger[…]
2014 Tripoz Pouilly-Loche 1ere Reserve Regular price: $29.99 Sale Price: $19.99 In all honesty, Chardonnay is not my favorite wine. I really prefer leaner, more acidic wines. I like wines that exhibit minerality rather than lush fruit. Wines that are nutty and grassy are pretty high on my list. And weird wines that are not[…]
A brief history of wine (not necessarily in correct chronological order) Once upon a time, there was wine. Wine was easy to make because grape vines grew easily (and in places where other things didn’t) and all the ingredients for making the wine were present. Basically, the ingredients were (and are) grapes. That’s it. Anyway,[…]
Talisker Storm Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Regular price: $56.99 Sale Price: $51.99 Glenmorangie ‘The Quinta Ruban’ Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Regular price: $56.99 Sale Price: $51.99 The Irishman ‘Founder’s Reserve’ Irish Whiskey Regular price: $37.99 Sale Price: $34.99 Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2009 Bourbon Whiskey Regular price: $29.99 Sale Price: $27.99 Hudson ‘Manhattan’ Rye Whiskey Regular price:[…]
2014 Domaine d’Aupilhac ‘Cuvee Aupilhac’ The wines of Languedoc have been dissed for years, if not centuries, partly due to snobbery (the people and therefore, the vineyards of the poor, hot south were not of the same quality of those of the cooler, richer north) and partly due to fact (the southwest really did produce[…]
Brocard Chablis ‘Vieille Vignes de Sainte Claire’ 2015 Regular Price $34.99 Sale price $27.99 Crisp, clean, fresh and focused are the hallmarks of this classic Chablis from one of the finest producers in the appellation. This a wine made in the vineyard rather than the winery as it’s richness exhibits the maturity of the vines[…]
My Favorite Wine… this week anyway 2014 Ken Wright Cellars Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Oregon For some reason, Pinot Noir is pretty polarizing. Some people just seem to be offended by the very idea of a Pinot Noir. Asking a big, bad, California Cab drinker if they are interested in Pinot Noir is like suggesting[…]
Here’s the thing…cheating (in wine) is not a new thing. For centuries, less scrupulous producers have blended grapes from other regions into their wines in order to make their wine seem more impressive. It used to be, that, the culprit was found out because wine drinkers were generally in agreement upon how a wine was[…]
Wine is not particularly self-evident, meaning that when you look at a wine, you really don’t know very much about it. Many people claim that they know something about a wine just by looking at it, but they are just fools or liars. Or both. To understand anything at all about a wine, one has[…]