Archive for January, 2009
A Little Bit Of Campfire on Your Hot Dog – Flor d’Englora Negre Jove, 2006
Spanish wines can have a marvelous ashy, mineral taste, especially at the finish. It is like getting a little bit of the campfire on your hot dog. It reminds you of where you are and where the wine comes from.
2006 Flor d’Englora Negre Jove is a worthy example. This wine comes from Montsant, a Denominació [...]
28Jan2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Maestracci E Prove 2004 – A Rough Bandit from Corsica
Domaine Maestracci E Prove 2004 is a big-hearted Corsican red wine which you can learn to love. I first tried a glass on its own without food and, to be honest, it was a bit much. It is a frankly tannic wine, just this side of “rough.” I felt a bit defeated. A week later [...]
21Jan2009 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
Building Your Arsenal of Joy – Part Two: A Few Simple Guidelines to Wine Collecting (even on a budget)
There are almost as many reasons to stash away wine as there are wines to stash away. If you’re new to the Wine Republic, I wrote about a few of them here. In this post, I’m going to lay down a few guidelines that have made my full-on obsession with the Good Juice manageable:
Set a [...]
Paul Jeune Chateau Valcombe – A Friendly Domestique from Provence
Some wines are best praised as clean. No off tastes; no odd smells from the alley behind the house. The 2004 Paul Jeune Chateau Valcombe Signature from Côtes du Ventoux is a reliable expression of the Grenache-based red wines from Provence. We drank and gave away more than a case over [...]
8Jan2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Wines of the Northern Rhone – 2nd Class in a Two Class Mini-Series
Grape growing in the Rhône is an arduous physical and spiritual sacrifice. Many of the Vineyards are carved into the treacherous mountains that descend dramatically, down towards the banks of the the Rhône river. Here, machine harvesting is impossible, and the small terraces that create a visual topography of the mountains are so narrow and [...]
3Jan2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Wines of the Southern Rhone – 1st Class in a 2 Class Mini-Series
Sunday, January 11th from 3:00 – 4:30
$35/Person
Grape growing in the Rhône is an arduous physical and spiritual sacrifice. Many of the Vineyards are carved into the treacherous mountains that descend dramatically, down towards the banks of the the Rhône river. Here, machine harvesting is impossible, and the small terraces that create a visual topography of [...]
Wines of the Northern Rhone – 2nd Class in a 2 Class Mini-Series
Sunday, February 22nd from 3:00 – 4:30
$35/Person
Grape growing in the Rhône is an arduous physical and spiritual sacrifice. Many of the Vineyards are carved into the treacherous mountains that descend dramatically, down towards the banks of the the Rhône river. Here, machine harvesting is impossible, and the small terraces that create a visual topography of [...]
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