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 […]
Casa Lapostolle is owned by the Marnier-Lapostolle Group in France, best known as the producers of Grand Marnier liqueur. They have been involved in wine production for many years and founded Casa Lapostolle in Chile in 1994. Casa Lapostolle currently represents 370 hectares in three different vineyards. The Casa Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 come from […]
The folks at Asti Winery in Sonoma, CA did a nice job on the 2005 Cellar No. 8 Cabernet Sauvignon. Cellar No. 8 is named after a cellar in the Asti Winery in Sonoma County, California, which was founded by Italian immigrant Andrea Sbarboro in the early 1880’s. Sbarboro named the winery after the Asti […]
If you’re a Seinfeld fan you probably remember the episode where Kramer wanted to create a cologne that smelled like the beach. This bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon reminded me of that episode with an interesting seaweed aroma. It smells like the beach! It makes this an interesting wine to explore, but not a top pick. […]
Here’s a quick review for an Argentine Cabernet Sauvignon. This one comes from Mendoza and is imported by Billington Wines, although you won’t find any mention of it on their website. I’m not sure if they’ve discontinued it or if it’s just not an important brand to them. I found this bottle stacked up in […]
I’d like to start with “Confessions of a Slacker.” I know that I’ve been really bad about post frequency over the past month. Getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday and other going-ons will be my excuse. But the good news is that I’ve still been tasting and taking notes, so I have some new wine […]
Yay! It’s my favorite day of the month: Wine Blogging Wednesday. The host this month is Neil at Brooklyn Guy’s Food and Wine Blog and he has named the theme “Silver” Burgundy. The Burgundy wine that most people think of comes from the Gold Coast (Côte d’Or) and tends to be rather pricey. If you don’t […]
Cut my nuts off and give me another glass of this wine. I know that’s an odd way to start a post, but that’s about how I feel from drinking this wine. It reminds me of the old commercials for Secret deodorant “strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.” This wine is […]
I was in the wine shop milling about the other day. Basically, I was just exploring to see if anything different would jump off the shelf and surprise me. Then it happened. This Cabernet Sauvignon from Idaho was just sitting there waiting for me. It’s not often that I come across Idahoan wines in Cincinnati, […]
When I was in my late teens I became a vegetarian and followed that diet for many years. I’m a pescatarian now (that means I eat a vegetarian diet + fish). I originally became a vegetarian due to the politics of food more than for any other reason. I grew up in the country and saw fewer […]
