Price: $6 Maker: CL Dolo, Italy Variety: Pinot Grigio Packaging: Bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8.2 out of 10 Vendi Pinot Grigio 2009 Delle Venezie isn't typical of the varietal. It's pale straw color doesn't lead you to expect an overwhelmingly fruity taste. Its flavors are pear and tropical fruit, and this wine...
Wine Gift Ideas
I love this season, because all sorts of wonderful wine accessories pop up in stores. Plus, it's a time of year when you can get something a little odd or extravagant. I searched my own accessories plus a variety of sites to come up with some clever ideas for a few wine-lover oriented gifts! Wine...
Tilia Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Price: $9 Winery: Tilia, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 13.9% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Perhaps the strongest appeal of Tilia Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 is the ripe berry and licorice nose. On the palate, it combines cherry, red berry, and woody notes with an reasonably long finish....
How Long is Boxed Wine Good?
How long does box wine last? One of the huge advantages of boxed wine is that it lasts for a month or even more after being opened. This makes it very practical for glass-a-day drinkers who would find storing partially opened bottle wine problematic or wasteful. But, box wines aren't perfect - it turns out...
Cameron Hughes Lot 250 Meritage 2009
Price: $8 Winery: Cameron Hughes Wine, Geyserville, California Varietal: Meritage Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14.6% Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10 Cameron Hughes Lot 250 Meritage 2009 is a big, tasty red wine! It is fruity up front, with cherry and blueberry flavors, but maintains some complexity as it eases into a...
Bodega Elena de Mendoza Malbec 2010
Price: $8 Winery: BEDM Wines, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.6% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10 Is there a varietal that offers as good a value as Malbec? Bodega Elena de Mendoza Malbec 2010 is yet another very inexpensive but totally drinkable red wine from Argentina. It's very juicy...
Banrock Station Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Price: $18 Maker: Banrock Station, Kingston on Murray, South Australia, Australia Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.7 out of 10 Banrock Station Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 is a very pleasant wine, one of the nicer boxed Cabs in mass distribution in the U.S. It's a fruit-forward Cab, with blueberry and plum...
Electronic Tongue Analyzes Wine
Sommeliers don't need to worry about their jobs yet, but researchers at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have developed a device that is capable of identifying types of cava, a sparkling wine from Spain. The device "combines chemical measurement systems and advanced mathematical procedures, including an "artificial neural network," that mimics the human tongue and...
Seven Red Table Wine
Seven Red Table Wine
Price: $19 Maker: Bodegas Osborne, Malpica de Tajo, Spain Varietal: Red Blend Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10Seven Red Table Wine is one of the newer boxes available in mass distribution. It’s from Spain, it’s in a cool octagonal bag-in-box package, and it’s surprisingly good. [...]
Zarpado Malbec 2009
Zarpado Malbec 2009
Price: $7 Winery: Mendoza Vineyards, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.7% Our Rating: 8.7 out of 10Malbecs tend to offer some of the better red wine values, but for a mere seven bucks Zarpado Malbec 2009 is an even better value than most. It has [...]
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