I was gong to have Indian food (take out) so I decided to grab a Gewurztraminer for the occasion. My selection was the 2007 Pierre Sparr Gewurztraminer from the Alsace for $15.99, more than I usually spend on a bottle of wine. But I had tried the other choices my wine shop had so I [...]
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Lite not necessarily in the “tastes great, less filling” way, but everything about the Rosenblum Cellars Vintners’s Cuvee XXXII from California is lite, with the exception of the color which is a deep red. The fruit, tannins, body, and even alcohol (13.5%) are lite. The good news is that this makes the wine balanced. I found [...] I have long been a fan of a good Syrah (by whatever name it goes by). Well made there are a spicy or pepper aromas that also deliver in the taste. Good Syrah is also typically medium to full bodied with strong but not overpowering tannin. I recently had the pleasure to taste an inexpensive ($9.99) [...] I was looking for a nice red wine to go with the steak I was serving the other night. I asked my local wine proprietor for a red of some substance that was not too expensive. His recommendation – the 2001 Copertino Riserva from Cantina Sociale Cooperativa. This southern Italian wine is a blend of [...] Say “warm weather wine” fast three times… All right, now that I have that out of the way… Here is a nice, simple, very pleasant red wine that is perfect as the weather warms up. The 2008 Chariot Gypsy is a California red wine – no varietal label here folks. I found this wine to be [...] Nebbiolo and value usually do not go together in the same sentence. Most of us are familiar with Nebbiolo in the wines of wines of Barolo, Barbaresco which are typically fairly to very expensive. Even when you find a “value” Nebbiolo it still usually a little more than most people spend on a bottle of [...] Continuing with my recent Sauvignon Blanc kick, we check in with a nice Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa – the 2009 Indaba Sauvignon Blanc. I found this to be a very pleasant wine. Slight pepper and vegetal aromas on the nose. The taste is of tropical fruit and citrus – almost leaning toward lemons. The acidity [...] You may have seen our post about the the Picton Bay Pinot Noir Best Buy. Well from the same producer comes a Sauvignon Blanc Best Buy. The 2009 Picton Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is is a very pleasing Sauvignon Blanc that is full of grapefruit and citrus flavors. There is nice, but not overpowering acidity. Very [...] What is not to like about a very good, inexpensive Pinot Noir? Nothing. The problem is that inexpensive and Pinot Noir are almost contradictory terms. Not any more… The other day I tasted the 2009 Picton Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir from New Zealand. This is a light, immediately drinkable Pinot Noir. The taste, wow – nice [...] You cannot get more off the beaten wine path than Okanagan Lake in western Canada. Well, it turns out that Okanagan Lake is ice wine country – award winning ice wine country. Check out this article: December is harvest time for ice wine in the Okanagan region of western Canada, By Remy Scalza, Washington Post, January [...] |
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