…is in my tummy!!!  I love this red, made by K vintners. The label is cool. I think blending is where it’s at with new world wines. The blend gives it something to break up the boringness of single varietal wines. It’s under ten bucks, too!!! Would be a great cheeseburger wine.

So in honor of living in Seattle, I thought I would broaden my horizons and try some of the local juice. I bought a Syrah from Walla Walla, the hot/boutique-y wine region. It was in the 35-30 dollar range and it is hard to find it much cheaper. It was OK. It had red fruit [More]

I’ve always loved this Spanish Tempranillo by Finca Antigua. I call it “The Key Wine” because there is a picture of a key on the label. (Pretty clever, huh?) I was at Tango last night for 1/2 price wine night and the woman I was with said she wanted to drink a dry red. So [More]

I have been really impressed with Spanish white wines; they are cheap and refreshing. Just drank a 2003 Rueda Blanco by Basa. It had a very tangy, almost candy apple (or Jolly Rancher) initial taste, then a surprisingly rich and mouthfilling finish (though not long lasting). It was great with some salmon I had with [More]

Don’t be Sarr-y, get the Van Volxem.  Although J.J Christoffel Erben is a great producer, the real start of yesterday’s Rielsing shoot-out was the Van Volxem. This was one of the most impressive white wines I have drank in a long time. Crazy, shimmering acidity, followed by a hint of sweetness, then more acidity. Delicate [More]

Last night I drank a very cheap, very big, fruity, tannic wine from the Costieres de Nimes. It’s not a well-known region, but like the rest of the Languedoc, its catching up because the land is cheap(er) then say, the Rhone or Burgundy. What surprised me about this wine is that it is 100% syrah…usually [More]

Woo-hoo! I just was checking to see if anybody has links to le wine blog on their site and it turns out three Frenchies do: http://altaide.typepad.com/jacques_froissant_altade/2004/12/conseils_aux_ca.htmlhttp://www.u-blog.net/eldrakan/note/56469http://winemarketing.blogs.com/about.html Boring for you, thrilling for me. I will be posting some photos from France, now that I have an easy way to load them up. I have some awful [More]

I love fermented grape juice.