Tonight we’re checking out an inexpensive, yet tasty, prosecco from Villa Sandi. When I hear a name like Villa Sandi, I often assume that it’s just some name given to the wine that the producers thought would sound elegant. But in this case, there is a real villa where the company is headquartered, and it [...]
Yesterday, we reviewed a Prosecco — which is a great sparkling wine option when it comes to QPR. Another good option is Cava, which is a sparkling wine from Spain. Traditionally Cava just referred to a particular style of Spanish sparkling wine, but since 1986 it also means that wine is produced in a specific [...]
In general, I’m a big fan of prosecco. When it comes to sparkling wine, I think you get more bang for your buck with prosecco than pretty much any other option. And this is a great example of that. Although the suggested retail price is $14, I’ve seen this wine for sale at a super-bargain [...]
It’s funny how often I hear people proclaim that they are not wine snobs, yet as I sat down to write this post I thought to myself that there are going to be some haters out there who post comments about how I must be out of my mind for finding this to be good. [...]
As a reviewer of cheap wines, value wines, budget wines, or whatever you want to call them, I taste a lot of inexpensive wines. Not all can be great. Fortunately, thanks to technology, most cheap wine is much better than it was 20 years ago. Unfortunately, that didn’t help this one. I tasted this wine [...]
A couple weeks ago we reviewed the Vigna Dogarina Extra Dry, which I thought was outstanding, and tonight it’s another Prosecco from Vigna Dogarina, this time it’s the Brut. If you’re not a bubbly wine buff you might not guess this, but the Brut is slightly more dry than the Extra Dry. So, I guess [...]
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 [...]
