Tasting the Classics 1982 OLIVIER LEFLAIVE CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
I have been asked by many of our readers, many who have extensive wine cellars, about tasting notes of older vintages. Having the opportunity to sample many older wines, I would like to introduce a new thread to our wine review section, Tasting the Classics. Every so often, I...
2016 Jonata Todos
When it comes to California Rhone style blends, it’s hard to imagine anything better than this Santa Barbara red. From the Ballard Canyon designation, this blend of 45% Syrah, 21% Cabernet, 14% Petit Verdot, 9% Petit Sirah, 5% Merlot and 6 small amounts of other grape varietals offers up...
Did You Know…….. Wine Fact #19
That Hippocrates, widely considered the father of medicine, includes wine in almost every one of his recorded remedies. He used it for cooling fevers, as a diuretic, as a general antiseptic, and to help convalescence....
2020 Freemark Abbey Sauvignon Blanc
HERE’S AN EXCELLANT RECOMMENDATION….....
Spring Bud Break
It’s that time of the year where the winemaking process begins: in the vineyards. The little green pellets will some become clusters of grapes, picked, fermented, bottled, shipped and consumed. Here’s to a great 2022 harvest in the making....
Martha Stewart & Chardonnay
California Chardonnay Looking for a pleasant California Chardonnay. We found our tasting notes to shine with stone fruit, hints of vanilla and caramel oak rounding the palate. Finishing with a refreshing crispness. For a everyday easy to drink chardonnay we give this a thumbs up Let us know your...
Did You Know …… Wine Fact #18
That in 1800BC, the ruler of Babylon issued a series of laws that was known as the Code of Hammurabi. In it, is states that anyone caught selling fraudulent wine would be put to death by drowning in a river. Don’t you think the better punishment would have been...
2017 Ensedune Petit Verdot
The Petit Verdot grape usually doesn’t roll off a wine lovers tongue. They are also not the most sought after bottles in the wine world. Believe me, they should be. Loaded with everything black on the berry front: jammy black cherry, black raspberry and black currants up front, with...
Did You Know…… Wine Fact #17
Agoston Haraszthy, who first started the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, brought over 100,000 vine cuttings from Europe to California back in 1861. The California legislature never paid him for his efforts, a broken promise that bankrupted the father of the California wine industry....
2017 Russell B Gregory Sangiovese
Sangiovese, the noble grape of Italy’s Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Villa Nobile di Montelpulciano producers, are some of the finest examples of wines in the world. Yet, there is no need to look overseas for such quality, its right here in your own backyard. Sourced from a renowned...