Greek Wines
This wine came my way via my Big Fat Greek Wine Shipment last fall. It’s one of the benefits of getting white wines from Santorini in that they can sit in the cellar and actually... more »
This wine came my way via my Big Fat Greek Wine Shipment... more »
One evening I was rummaging about the cellar and stumbled upon this wine from Sainte Croix in the Corbières AOC of Languedoc, France. It admittedly had been there for awhile as I’d come into possession... more »
One evening I was rummaging about the cellar and stumbled upon this... more »
Obviously the world is quite topsy-turvy at the moment and before you say, “Um, duh.” let me just toss on to the dumpster fire in that the other night I actually drank a Riesling, by... more »
Obviously the world is quite topsy-turvy at the moment and before you... more »
“Reduction”, as defined by the Oxford Companion to Wine, is a: “chemical reaction that is in effect the complement of oxidation and one in which an element or compound gains electrons.” That’s obviously quite scientific... more »
“Reduction”, as defined by the Oxford Companion to Wine, is a: “chemical... more »
I’m willing to say that it’s something of a Golden Age for the wine producers of Baja California in Mexico. They produce the vast majority of Mexican wine (the subzone of Valle de Guadalupe alone... more »
I’m willing to say that it’s something of a Golden Age for... more »
In the fall of 2015 I was at a wine dinner in Athens, Greece that was unsurprisingly, showcasing Greek wines. Both the food and the wine were stupendous and I’ve sadly yet to return to... more »
In the fall of 2015 I was at a wine dinner in... more »
This is a wine I tasted at Bodegas San Alejandro for the DO Calatayud Report last spring. Quite simply, it’s 100% Grenache, aged in concrete (tanks and eggs) with only neutral French and American oak... more »
This is a wine I tasted at Bodegas San Alejandro for the... more »
And now for something a bit different: Bulgarian wine! And… yet the same: rosé! I think Fake Booze did an exceptionally tight take down on how banal writing about drinks during the summer can be... more »
And now for something a bit different: Bulgarian wine! And… yet the... more »
I don’t know when, but someday we’ll look back from a vantage point far, far in the future and say, “So… why on earth did people think Rioja wines had to be almost all Tempranillo?”... more »
I don’t know when, but someday we’ll look back from a vantage... more »
The name, “Perrin” might not immediately bring up any wine associations to many people. I would like to remind you of those days back when we could fly freely and plentifully. There on many of... more »
The name, “Perrin” might not immediately bring up any wine associations to... more »
