Wine

A Tasting the Classics treat. This Spanish version of drinking a First Growth Bordeaux or a Grand Cru Burgundy is quite amazing for its age. This was terrior at it’s finest with huge earthy flavors, dried rustic cherry, prune, leather, tea, and black truffles exuding new aromas as it...

Excellent Any time!...

A number of wineries are once again experimenting aging wine in clay amphora. This wine making technique goes back nearly 6000 years. This vessel is fermenting Pinot Noir at the Patricia Green Winery in Oregon....

Using baseball terminology, you’ve got the bases loaded with 60% Grenache on 1st, 25% Syrah on 2nd and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon on 3rd. When the winemakers came up to the plate, they hit nothing short of a Grand Slam with this Cali-Rhone blend. With a spiced and perfumed fruit...

Rose Wine in the Spring.....Plus some Rock n Roll...

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...

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...

HERE’S AN EXCELLANT RECOMMENDATION….....

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....