wrote 6 days ago: The 2010 vintage is providing us with many good wines from France. At the most affordable end there … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I usually avoid reading about a wine before I taste it but I could not resist looking up the three b … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: My postings over the last week have been somewhat erratic. I had intended to write about the variet … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: It all started one fall morning when Lou texted me a picture of a pristine bottle of 1966 Parducci, … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Apparently we tasted a lot of Italian wines lately. Priced between $9 and $19 there is something he … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I was not sure what sorts of wine I was going to buy when I walked into Pete’s. As I walked d … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I have been drinking the wines of Rulo Winery for a few years. Typically I drink the Syrca and Syra … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I need to clear out some recent tasting notes. This is a good thing for these four wines were all e … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Bottles of La Grange de Piaugier appear frequently in our house. With the 2011 vintage now availabl … more →
wrote 2 months ago: One year ago we tried a bottle of 2003 Domaine Michel Ogier, La Rosine and found that bottle to be c … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Here is an interesting pair of wines we drank over this past week. The Domaine du Vignes du Maynes … more →
wrote 2 months ago: It has been a long time since I drank a wine from Gattinara. These wines are produced from Spanna, … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Frank Morgan is in town and having organized a Virginia Versus Other Regions tasting with David Whit … more →
wrote 2 months ago: In light of Andy’s Hand-Carried Malbec from Mendoza tasting I thought it would be fun to featu … more →
wrote 2 months ago: We continue Furlough Friday’s theme of affordable wines by trying these four South African whi … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Phil recently put out several bottles of old Chateauneuf du Pape which have been lurking in the stor … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Here are three more notes which have been languishing. The most interesting wine was from Domaine P … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I do not come across many wines from South-West France and when I do they are typically from Cahors. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This week Jenn and I tasted these three bottles of 2011 Cotes du Rhone. As usual they were tasted … more →