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Wine of the Week 27 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Lambrusco, the slightly fizzy red wine made in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, tends to be dismissed as soda-pop by most wine consumers in the USA, especially if they remember and were burned by all th...
Weekend Wine Notes: A Case of California Pinot Noirs 25 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Two weeks ago in this space I dissed a number of chardonnay wines from Cuvaison, Davis Bynum, La Follette and La Rochelle wineries. Today, in addition to other pinot noir wines from California, I offe...
Three Delightful White Wines from Portugal 22 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
Boy, we’ve had a lot of fun with these wines, pairing them with a variety of fish and seafood dishes like grilled swordfish and tuna, shrimp in a spicy Mexican preparation and also chicken with a citr...
Three from Bonny Doon 21 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am
Might as well say “Three from Randall Grahm,” since few wineries in California are so closely, indeed inextricably, tied up in the personality and technical prowess of its owner/winermaker. (Now that ...
Wine of the Week 20 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
I don’t typically use a wine at this price as the Wine of the Week, but the Reata Pinot Noir 2011, Napa and Sonoma counties, is so well-made and authentically pinot noirish that I couldn’t resist. I w...
Weekend Wine Notes: 10 Red Wines, $12 to $25 18 Aug 2013 | 04:04 am
I keep reading that all the instruments agree that Millennials really love blended wines, but they must be drinking examples other than most of those mentioned in this post, because I found them to be...
Root Beer Chronicle Continues: Bundaberg 17 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
I came upon Bundaberg Root Beer at Fresh Market, and while it’s expensive — $1.99 for a 12.7-ounce (375 milliliter) bottle — of course I could not resist trying a new brand. The company was founded in...
Three from Elyse Winery 15 Aug 2013 | 01:48 am
Elyse Winery is best-known for its single-vineyard cabernet sauvignons and zinfandels, though what I review today are three excellent examples of its Rhone-style wines. Elyse was founded in 1987 by Do...
Wine of the Week 12 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
Of the chardonnays from California that I tasted and reviewed recently — most in my Weekend Wine Notes yesterday — the Crossbarn by Paul Hobbs Chardonnay 2012, Sonoma Coast, is the one I recommend buy...
Weekend Wine Notes: 16 California Chardonnays, 2010 and 2011 (Gack!) 11 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
I keep reading that there has been a general toning down of oak in chardonnay wines produced in California, but you wouldn’t know it from the wines I taste, of which I offer today a selection of 16. I...
