2016 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Cotes du Rhone Blanc Regular Price $16.99 Sale Price $12.99 For the last 20 years of so, arguably the best wines for the buck have come from the southern Rhone Valley. It was one for the few times that the wine press got it right; the wines were rich and full and[…]
2016 Dr. Burklin-Wolf Deidesheimer Riesling Pfalz, Germany Regular Price $27.99 Sale Price $21.99 This is a ‘village’ level wine in that its comprised of fruit from both the Premier Cru vineyards of Deidesheimer as well as fruit from other non-classified vineyards. Make no mistake, this is a very dry Riesling, with less residual sugar than[…]
2009 Cheval Noir Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux Regular Price $24.99 Sale Price $19.99 So, here’s what we have today…a moderately priced wine from a very good vintage, from a place than, historically, makes wines that age well. What I like about this wine is that it shows some age (so what? So do I!) By that[…]
2016 Clos de la Roilette Fleurie Regular Price $24.99 Sale Price $19.99 This wine, the Clos de la Roilette, hails from Fleurie, and is made by the estimable Alain Coudert, who is as famous in Beaujolais as he is unknown in the US. His wines are typically firm, structured, and lively with rich red berry flavors[…]
2013 Chateau Aney Haut-Medoc Cru Bourgeois Regular Price $21.99 Sale Price $16.99 At the risk of getting myself in trouble (yet) again, I have to admit that I’ve never really been a fan of Bordeaux. I know in some corners, that’s heresy; I mean, the wines from Bordeaux are alleged to be among the finest wines produced[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
My Favorite Wine… this week anyway 2014 De Forville Barbaresco Regular price: $37.99 Sale Price: $29.99 Barbaresco is a wine, made in a tiny place in Piedmont, in the northwest of Italy. Barbaresco must be 100% Nebbiolo. Spiritually, (Really? I just wrote ‘spiritually’ about a grape), Nebbiolo is closest to Pinot Noir (not Aglianico which[…]
2014 Rasa Vineyard ‘Occam’s Razor’ Red Blend, Columbia Valley, WA Regular price: $16.99 Sale Price: $12.99 One of the things we’ve always heard about wines from California is that it’s the ‘perfect place to grow grapes’. Now, that’s a great tagline. The only thing that would make it better is if it were true. A[…]