All Posts Tagged With: "Wine Reviews"

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Wine Review – Yves Culleron Syrah

The northern Rhône produces the world’s finest expression of the syrah grape.  The famous districts include Côte-Rôtie (the “burnt or roasted hillside”), St.-Joseph, and Hermitage.  These wines will put a dent in an AIG bonus.  But there is good news: just west of the Rhône river, the region known as Collines Rhodaniennes also produces marvelous [...]

19Mar2009 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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Palacios Petalos Bierzo

Since the time of the Cistercian monks and the Romans before them, Bierzo in the far northwest corner of Spain has produced wine from the mencia grape.  The wine is inky dark and idiosyncratic.  The grapes grow on steep hillsides in soil which is quartz and slate.  Many vines are a century old.
Pétalos 2006 is [...]

11Mar2009 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued