Wine Review
Erik’s The Red This is a red table wine sourced, apparently, from Paso Robles. It says so right on the bottle… I didn’t do much of a tasting on this here wine, but I do want to share it with you. I do think that it’s worth sharing and drinking, and at $10.52 (as seen [...]
Continue reading about I’m still in the mood for a Quickie – Wine Review that is…
Well, it has been a long time coming, but I have been eyeballing this varietal for some time. Ever since I started blogging I have read posts and reviews of this Grüner Veltliner but up until tonight I have not had the pleasure of acquaintance. Tonight we had a nice chicken dinner with some garlic [...]
In preparation for Ravenswood’s second annual tattoo coming out party (which I am going to miss because of a scheduling conflict…Damn it!) I have to review one of the two wines I received courtesy of Kristen Wastell the Ravenswood Visitor Center Manager. I have been proudly sporting my Raven laden ink since my twenty-first birthday. [...]
Continue reading about 2007 Ravenswood Sonoma County Cabernet Franc
To be honest I have been slightly dreading reviewing this wine, I had an unfortunate experience with my first of the Concannon “Selected Vineyards” wines, the 2007 Concannon Shiraz I reviewed previously was not so good. Well, I’ve worked up the nerve to give the other sample, they so graciously provided, a try. This time [...]
Continue reading about 2009 Concannon Central Coast Riesling, Selected Vineyards
Not Bad for the 4th (Part 2) I discovered a hidden gem of the Sonoma Valley, just off Highway 12 past Kenwood, CA is a little road that shoots off to the west/south-west called Dunbar Rd. Dunbar Road is home to some great wineries and some great people. Chris Loxton is one of them. He [...]
In a quest to achieve my wine century club membership, I have come across a Greek wine varietal, Assyrtiko. I paired this wine up recently with another of my “Not Bad” dinners and was pleasantly surprised with how things turned out. Now on with the wine! 2009 Galavas, Santorini The Nose: Lemons, grass, and wet [...]
A few months back we had a great trip through Dry Creek Valley and stopped at some great wineries and tasting rooms. I had never been to the “Family Vineyards” tasting rooms just off of Dry Creek Road near Lambert Bridge. There are three or four winery tasting rooms and an olive oil company tasting [...]
Continue reading about 2007 Peterson Sangiovese – Dry Creek Valley
A recent adventure to Costco netted me a six pack of new and different wines, mostly from the South of the Equator. This particular winery came highly recommended from “the wife” as she had visited Chile while studying wine business in college and in particular, really expressed how great this winery and her experiences there [...]
Continue reading about 2007 Casa Lapostolle – Cuvée Alexandre – Soiree Decanter
I was exceptionally exited to receive my first “bottles” for sample from Concannon Vineyards and had high hopes to review and enjoy their offering. In addition, while I was volunteering at the Russian River Valley Single Night I met Andrew and Marshall from Wine Soiree an in-bottle decanting system and they hooked me up with [...]
Continue reading about 2007 Concannon Shiraz, Selected Vineyards, Central Coast
Summer weather finally made it to Sonoma County! I was wondering when and if we were going to get back to the standard issue weather for us. Well, we got it and that means that it’s time to fire up the grill and pair up with some great wine. I did up a rotisserie chicken [...]
