I would like to tell you that my quest for a good, cheap pinot noir is going great. I’d like to tell you that I’ve found so many tasty yet inexpensive pinots that you have the world to choose from. But if I told you these things, I’d be a liar.
I knew it would be [...]
A constant internal debate I have with wine choices on this site is whether to pick wines that are distributed widely enough that just about any reader can find them or just focus on those hidden gems that you should scoop up if you’re lucky enough to come across them. Ultimately I try to do [...]
Just a few days ago I was commenting on how it amazes me that with shipping costs and all we are able to get inexpensive wines all the way from Australia. Well that may not be the case for long, but not because of shipping costs, drought is the culprit.
Australia has been suffering its worst drought in [...]
Get out your Che Guevara t-shirt, it’s time for a revolution. Pinot for the People is the latest slogan from Mark West Winery, a company that is focused on creating good, cheap Pinot Noir. I love this concept and I love this wine.
Cool Marketing
You may have noticed that I occasionally reference the marketing behind the [...]
The next bottle in my quest for a good, cheap Pinot Noir comes from down under. The Rosemount Estate ”Diamond Label” Pinot Noir 2004. For some reason I wasn’t expecting much from this one, but I was pleasantly surprised. I’m not sure why I was suspect of this bottle, but I guess it was the packaging—which is a [...]
Another bottle consumed as I continue searching for the best inexpensive Pinot Noir. Today it’s a bottle from Meridian Vineyards. The grapes for Meridian’s Pinot Noir come from Monterey County in the Central Coast region of California, where the cool air from Monterey Bay extends the growing season—typically about two weeks.
This Pinot Noir was aged in [...]
The New York Times published an article on cheap wine, $10 and under to be specific. The goal of the article is to identify inexpensive wines that are not only palatable, but also have structure and personality. They tasted 25 different inexpensive wines to come up with their top 10.
Ironically, I haven’t tried any of [...]
My Quest for Good Cheap Pinot Noir continues with a cheapy from South Eastern Australia produced by the Little Penguin. This Penguin has a nice fruity center, but a little bit of funk at both ends. <pause for a visual>
OK… should I explain that, or let your imagination do the work? I’ll explain.
The Good
the Little [...]
Scientist Roger Corder has just released “The Red Wine Diet” a book that touts the benefits of drinking red wine. Corder recommends three glasses of red wine daily to stave off heart disease, diabetes and dementia.
He attributes the health benefits to a polyphenol chemical called procyanidin. This differs from some other scientists who credit resveratrol [...]
This month Wine Blogging Wednesday is hosted by Tyler at Dr. Vino and the theme is Go Native, which means go with indigenous varieties. I knew I wanted to do something Italian for this and I thought about it for a while. Of course I make it more difficult with my own criteria.
The Criteria
It has to [...]
