French Wine for the Win!
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Roberts Fine Wines.
I really ought to drink more wines from outside California. California wines are really my first love, so I truly drink more of them than anything else. I am trying to branch out a bit. I just ordered a half case of wines from...
A Goal I’m Good At
Setting “Drink more bubbly” as one of my 2010 wine goals may have been my best idea yet. We’ve been popping at least one bubbly a week since the new year started and I am thrilled about it. I’m trying to get us to try a wide range of bubbly styles too, and I have...
Back in the DCV
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Quivira Winery.
The Dry Creek Valley that is. Whenever I open a wine from one of the wineries we visited on our honeymoon, it makes me very happy. Especially when that wine is consistently one I love. Quivira has been one of my...
Locked up again
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Big House Wines.
I already used the pun “In the Big House”……and I thought cutesy labels needed cutesy post titles. Not sure I got there this time, but hey, I tried. My first experience with the Big House Wines was the Red a couple weeks ago. I...
Drinking Spanish Wine
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from F. Wildman.
Another country whose wines I don’t drink that often. A shame too, there are lots of good, well priced wines coming out of Spain. Not to mention, after I moved on from my early days with Riesling, I went straight for Albariño, in particular the...
Deep South Norton Wine Travels
*We have a new report from reader Bauer today about his travels to discover the “American grape” Norton in the South. This update is a long one, but contains a wealth of information about the who’s who of Norton. Many thanks to Bauer for continuing to provide us with such detailed descriptions of his finds....
Getting on with the Bubbly
As I told you earlier this month, I’m setting “Drink more bubbly” as one of my 2010 wine goals. Why not make a random Tuesday night special by uncorking some bubbles? In an effort to meet that goal, and to drink up some of the bubbly that’s been collecting dust in my basement, I’ve already...
Enchanted I say
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Milliarium Cellars.
Back in November I wrote about one of the two Pinot Noirs that Milliarium Cellars produces, the Split Rock Vineyard Pinot. In the same shipment I also received a bottle of their other Pinot Noir, the 2007 Milliarium Cellars La Encantada Pinot Noir. These were...
Another Grape for the List
Although I checked Arneis off my list of grapes to try quite some time ago (about the same time I bought this bottle of wine) I don’t believe I ever wrote up this bottle. Not sure why, we purchased several bottles of it, and this is the last one. I guess my thought process was...
Step on this Stone
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars.
I am digging the new line of wines from Cornerstone Cellars. They are reasonably priced and the varieties are interesting and fresh. Not to mention, the wines are really good. I’ve always enjoyed the flagstone (Cornerstone..teehee) Cabernet Sauvignons from the winery, so I’m pleased to...
Last of the Lamberts
We visited Lambert Bridge Winery in Dry Creek Valley several trips ago. I think perhaps it was in 2007? Maybe even the trip before that. Anyway, because wine seems to have a habit of getting lost in our cellar, this Zinfandel escaped my notice hiding in the corner until this past week. We opened up...
Sweetening the Pot
In general, sweet wines are not my thing. Matt loves them, but I can take them or leave them. I make at least one exception to that general rule every year with the Nelson Family Orange Muscat. All too often, Muscat can be an overly sweet mess, but not this one. I fell in love...
