Wine Reviews
Jade Mountain Ancient Vine Mourvedre – A Single Vineyard Steal!
How does a grape strangle a dog? That question comes from discovering that one of the names for Mourvedre is `estrangle-chien’ (others are monastell and Balzac). Whatever the case, we drink it much more than we realize, in Châteauneuf-du-Pape for instance, where it blends well with Grenache. Look out too for Australian blends of Shiraz and [...]
3Nov2008 | Jason | 2 comments | Continued
Domaine de Fenouillet Terres Blanches, Beaumes de Venise, 2005 – A Little Gallic Telegram
How much can we learn from a label? Beaumes de Venise Terres Blanches 2005 produced by Domaine
de Fenouillet. Let’s unpack this little Gallic telegram.
Domaine means that the wine is grown and bottled on the premises. This is a wine made by a independent winemaker or vigneron – in this case two brothers, Patrick and Vincent [...]
d’Arenberg Laughing Magpie Shiraz/Viognier, McLaren Vale, Australia, 2006
This blend of mostly Shiraz with a tiny bit of Viognier is one that has peeked the interest of many of our customers. The blend finds its most well-know expression in the powerful wines of the Côte-Rôtie (the Roasted Slope) in France’s northern Rhône . Wines from the region certainly aren’t inexpensive – [...]
3Nov2008 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Villa Sparina Gavi di Gavi, 2006 – Elusive and Appealing Summer White
Gavi di Gavi is a beautifully clean Italian white wine which you will love. It is not always easy to find.
Gavi is a village in the Piedmont in northwest Italy. The mountain climate is moderated by the Mediterranean. The soil is chalk and limestone. The Gavi wine is made with the Cortese grape. In 1798 [...]
Honig Cabernet Sauvignon – Cult Cab for the Everyman
There’s quite a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon being bottled in California’s Napa Valley. Driven by the success of cult bottlings like Screaming Eagle and Harlan, the only thing growing faster than the region’s renown might be the prices Napa Cabs are fetching around the world. These increase are not necessarily marked by an astronomical increase [...]
29Aug2008 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
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