Barefoot Bubbly Review

December 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Holiday Wine, Sparkling Wine

I’ve reviewed a number of different Barefoot wines on this site and it’s one bargain brand that seems to do OK. I’ve never been totally blown away by any of their wines, but they’ve all been quite drinkable and great values. That continues to be the case with their line-up of sparkling wine… none of [...]

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Mumm Napa Brut Prestige

November 24th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Holiday Wine, Sparkling Wine

Here’s another sparkling wine that I think is just awesome, and I found it for about $17. This one comes from Mumm Napa, and as you might guess by the name it’s from Napa Valley.
One thing you might notice about sparking wine in the lower price range is that non-vintage is commonplace. You won’t see [...]

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Yarden Galilee Chardonnay

April 8th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Chardonnay, Holiday Wine, White Wines

The first kosher wine we reviewed last week was a Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon from Golan Heights Winery and today we’re trying another wine from the same producer. This time it’s a Chardonnay produced with grapes from the northern Golan Heights.

To me, this is a well made Chardonnay. This has some of the butter and oak [...]

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Alfasi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

April 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Cabernet Sauvignon, Holiday Wine, Red Wines

I was intrigued when I saw a kosher wine from Chile on the shelf, so I had to give this one a try. I’ve reviewed a number of Chilean wines recently and have been generally pleased with what I’ve gotten, so I was really curious how this one would stack up.
In doing some digging, I [...]

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Barkan Classic Cabernet Sauvignon

April 6th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Cabernet Sauvignon, Holiday Wine, Red Wines

Today we are trying another kosher wine, this one from Barkan. The roots of the Barkan winery go back more than a century, but it was born into it’s current name and ownership in 1990. The winery overlooks a 120 hectare vineyard at Kibbutz Hulda in Israel and has capacity for 12 million liters of [...]

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Yarden Mount Hermon Red

March 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Holiday Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

With Passover just around the corner, I wanted to post a few reviews of kosher wines over the next week or so. The first kosher wine I’m reviewing comes from the Golan Heights in the Galilee appellation in Israel.

Yarden Mount Hermon Red is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. [...]

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Paringa Sparkling Shiraz – A Fun Wine for Holiday Parties

December 10th, 2007 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Australian Wine, Holiday Wine, Red Wines, Shiraz, Sparkling Wine

It is holiday party season and you’ll probably find yourself wondering what wine to bring to a holiday party. There are a few approaches you can take:

You can be careless and just pick up some cheapie and hope for the best
You can splurge on a really expensive bottle and hope to impress
You can research websites [...]

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