Wine Review
A picture should be worth a thousand words… Tonight I had visions of a great bottle of red wine with dinner, and it took (unfortunately) three bottles to reach that goal. I picked up a couple of fantastic New York steaks at the market with some fresh green beans, I had the purple and [...]
Apologies to the supplier of the sample for the late review, but hey… Sometimes you just got to lay down some wine! That being said, this is a fine wine at a great price. Unfortunately it seems the ’09 vintage may be unavailable, but it was a good’n. A great fruit forward Cab, with [...]
Continue reading about Hey! Finally getting around to some samples.
It’s a nice chilly evening up at the condo we are lucky enough to have access to through “the wife’s” family and we’ve just finished off a great bottle of Michel-Schlumberger “Coteaux Sauvages” and we still need more vino… So it is on to the Seven non-vintage Red wine of Spain. This box of wine [...]
A nice little Napa Valley Chard. Easy on the oak, nice and spicy. Kinda reminds me of a baked apple, not sweet or cloying but great fruit and nutmeg spice. Check it out
First off, an apology for not being here with you these last few months, however, every now and then a hiatus it in order. Regardless of the reasons I’m here now with a new sample provided to me by the Austrian wine contingent. A new wine for me to be sure, but not a new [...]
Continue reading about Long time no see.. 2009 Neumeister – Grauburgunder
Yes it’s Thursday, and in all rights I should be typing up a sweet recipe for you to enjoy on another “Not Bad for a Thursday Night Dinner!” Well, perhaps I’ll add a cooking tip at the bottom of this post… Anyhow, Tonight we had some super delish, filet mignon steaks, so I wanted to [...]
Continue reading about The first of many – Head to Head Aerator Challenge
Summer has pretty much passed us by without providing us the much needed heat that would be preferred to ferment those little grapes of the vitus vinifera that we love so much. But here in Sonoma County we have this little thing we call “Indian Summer,” I’m sure this is similar to the “Indian Summers” [...]
Continue reading about 2007 Peterson, Il Granaio, Sangiovese, Dry Creek Valley
I have a little history with this wine. The first time I had the pleasure of drinking this wine was at a great Italian restaurant in historic “Railroad Square” in downtown Santa Rosa, CA, named Portofino’s. Unfortunately, Portofino’s is no more, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find some of this wine left over at [...]
Continue reading about 2002 Deerfield Ranch Winery, Super T Rex – plus Soiree
After my terrible September 2nd experience in China, my hopeless and fruitless search for a #Cabernet worth drinking, I was exceptionally exited to be home, knowing that I had many options for good red wine drinking. I recently received a sample set from a winery in St. Helena including a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Chardonnay. [...]
