Drinking a 6 dollar screwcap French rose. La Vielle Ferme…only 6 bucks. It’s darker than the salmon/pinky color of roses that I usually drink. But it has wonderful cherry flavor and is dry. Great BBQ wine. And they just redesigned the labels, so the look modern and slick. The regions, Costieres de Nimes is a [More]

I have to get one of these. Here’s the text from the site: The 10 litre bag-in-box is the ideal packaging for wine in small quantities. Restaurant owners can use them to sell wine by glass or by pitcher.It allows a better conservation of the wine. It can be kept for a few months when [More]

VEE-OWN-YAY!!! So this grape from France started gaining popularity in the states, in Cali and especially here in Washington. Viognier should have the most incredible perfumed aroma. Not Chanel No. 5-type aromas, but honeysuckle and orange blossom. Pretty, pretty, pretty! It’s one of the loveliest smelling wines in the world. Go get a bottle of [More]

El Rey Del Vino Blanco. All hail Can Feixes!!!  

At least in Europe. The 2003 vintage was so hot, over 100 degrees a day for two weeks in many cool-climate areas. Cool climate wines have kick-ass acidity, and the heat makes them flabby. If you like big rich opulent New World whites, gobble up the 2003s. Otherwise, wait for 2004. Case in point: The [More]

Got to taste two KILLER Cabernet Sauvignons from Napa recently, both in about the $50-70 range. They were fantastic. Very complex, elegant, delicious, and powerful. Both could age another 10 years (the Ristow, even more): 2001 White Cottage Howell Mountain Napa Valley2001 Ristow Quinta de Pedras Vineyard Also had the assistant winemaker from Tablas Creek [More]

All wine nuts should see this movie. It’s about an hour too long, and redundant, but worth seeing. It’s all about the globalization of wine and that all wines are starting to taste the same and lose their sense of place. The main villain in this documentary is Michel Rolland, who just wants to “micro-oxygenate” [More]

WOW!!! La Poussie is a natural amphitheater!!! I want to frolic in the vineyards. Or have the Fiery Furnaces play an acoustic show for me, and we will drink tons of Sancerre and Sancerre Rosé!