Lately I’ve been doing a lot of odds and ends with my wine reviews and neglecting the “themed series” approach. I have a couple themes in the works in the tasting room (i.e. my office in front of the computer). But before I get into those series I have a couple more odds and ends. […]
If you want to share something sweet this Valentine’s Day there are a number of fantastic dessert wines you can try. I don’t drink a lot of dessert wine, but when I do I like to be adventurous and try new things. Monbazillac is something that you probably haven’t had before, but you may want […]
Sparkling wine is often a popular choice to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but let’s face it, Champagne can be quite pricy and not a good pick for the frugal. Don’t let that stop you from enjoying a good sparkling wine though, as there are plenty of enjoyable sparklers other than Champagne. You can check out many […]
The next wine I want you to consider to spice up your Valentine’s Day is a Zinfandel. Spicy is a word often used to describe Zinfandel—as well as some foods that go well with it. Although it can be a spicy wine at times, it’s really a fairly dynamic wine that can be produced in […]
This week I’m looking at some good wines to spice up your Valentine’s Day and to me Viognier is one of the sexiest white wines you can find. It’s known for having very perfumed aromas, like a bouquet of flowers. It’s also fairly delicate on the palate—not an overpowering wine—and sometimes has a slightly oily […]
A couple months ago I hosted a Wine Blogging Wednesday about red wines from Chile and wine bloggers all over the world wrote about different Chilean wines. One that caught my eye was an organic Pinot Noir from Cono Sur (Kevin, at Under the Grape Tree wrote that review). Cono Sur made a number of […]
At first glance you might think that Jargon Pinot Noir is a small winery just entering the market, but actually Jargon Wines is part of the Trinchero Family Estates—a company that produces several labels of wine, including the ever-present-in-the-supermarket Sutter Home brand. This wine was recommended to me by a friend as a “flying under […]
The Alredo Roca winery resides in San Rafael, in the Mendoza province of Argentina. Their vineyards span 114 hectares and their winery was originally built in 1905. And my exceptional math skills tell me that they’ve been producing wine for over 100 years. This is another Pinot Noir for which I was given a glowing […]
We head to the Monterey region in California for the next installment of this Pinot Noir mini-series to try a wine from Hahn Estates. Nicolaus Hahn released his first wine from this winery in 1980 under the Smith & Hook Winery name, and didn’t start producing wine under the Hahn name until 1991. They still […]
Several months ago we did a series on inexpensive Pinot Noir and since then I’ve gotten a number of recommendations for some “I need to try.” I decided to revisit the theme with a few of those recommendations. I’m not going to do another full series right now, just a handful over the next few […]
