This past week I took part in a Taste Live event featuring Stepping Stone wines from Cornerstone Cellars. Taste Live events are wine tastings where numerous wine bloggers and media from around the country all taste the same wines and share their thoughts via Twitter. Cornerstone Cellars is a Napa Valley, California producer and is […]
You may recognize the logo on this bottle from those tasty Clif Bars you’ve seen, and yes they are related. The folks who make Clif Bars also produce wine, and what I’ve tasted has been pretty good—including this one. We previously reviewed their The Climber Red, which was also good. The Climber White Wine is […]
I’ve made a lot of noise over the past year about the awesome Sauvignon Blanc coming from Chile, and here’s another Chilean SB to get excited about. But there’s something different about this one. Most of the Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that’s knocked my socks off has been from the Casablanca Valley region, but this one […]
Although I rant and rave about the awesome Sauvignon Blanc coming from Chile, they can’t all totally blow me away. Can they? Root: 1 is a wine brand created through a partnership between Viña Ventisquero in Rancagua, Chile and Click Wine Group, a wine importer based in Seattle, Washington. And when it comes to Chilean […]
I haven’t had the opportunity to try many wines from South Africa, so I was glad to give this one a shot. Two Oceans wine is named for the two oceans that converge at the Cape in South Africa. The label on this wine says that it has “ripe gooseberry flavors” but I don’t think […]
This wine is a great example of why I like doing blind tastings. If I had known what I was tasting, I know I would have had a bias against this wine. Why? My preconceived notion of this wine is that it’s basically a bulk-produced, “generic-label” wine and my expectations of quality are low. But […]
I’ve made no secret of my preference for Chile when it comes to Sauvignon Blanc, and again I’ve come across another one that I love. This one comes from Los Vascos in Chile. We’ve previously reviewed the Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon and Los Vascos Reserve, both of which were great wines. But this is the […]
It should come as no surprise to regular readers here that I’m officially a fan of Chilean wines. I’ve consistently found high quality at reasonable prices with most wines I’ve recently tried from this region. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some clunkers out there, but the majority of those I’ve tasted have been good. And […]
I am a sucker for products that donate profits to charity. And I know that in many cases “sucker” is probably an appropriate word to use. There is a “feel good” factor that makes me enjoy products more if I think that the profits are going to support a good cause rather than going directly […]
Over the past several weeks I’ve been posting reviews of some Sauvignon Blancs that I’ve had the pleasure of tasting and today it’s time to summarize the results. The good news is that there were no total bombs in the bunch. Every SB I tried was enjoyable, but some more so than others. I tried […]
