One year ago today I published my first post on CheapWineRatings.com and I wanted to take a couple minutes to reflect on the past year and revisit some favorites.
As I look back at my first reviews (only a year ago) I feel that the quality has improved significantly. The tasting notes are better now, the photography [...]
Here’s is a follow up on Project Garnacha. First, a quick summary of all the Grenaches I tasted and how they ranked. In general, I preferred the pure Grenache over the blends. Spanish Grenache also outperformed Australian in this tasting. You’ll also notice that the most expensive bottle is at the bottom of the list as [...]
My first tasting series for cheap wine ratings is Grenache (Garnacha en Español). Grenache is a superb everyday wine. It also tends to be a ”drink it now” wine versus an aging wine. At least I don’t know of anyone who’s aging Grenache and the older bottles that I’ve tasted haven’t held up. But bottles in the 2-3 [...]
