Something I feel passionately about is that we drink our red wines too warm and our white wines to cold. I was reminded about this when I cracked open the Can Feixes red at work. I had put it in our temperature-controlled cellar, which is about at 60 degrees. This is the PERFECT temperature to [More]

Wow. You know how much I love the white, so I had sky-high expectations for the red. It’s from the 2001 vintage and is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It is incredibly elegant, velvety, and lingering. It has some very subtle, very fine tannins. I cracked it open immediately after getting to work [More]

Thank you, I will now purchase all of the cases you have been so thoughtful to point out for me. Phenomenal.

So a woman comes into the wine shop and needs a couple of cases for her BBQ. She is concerned because there are some people coming that have more wine knowledge than her (or so they say). So I immediately show her some cool wines under 10 bucks a bottle: 2003 Domaine Astruc Viognier2003 Delas [More]

Don’t fear the rooster. But make sure you get the 2004. 

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]