1999 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon VerticalFor months I had been plotting a big Cabernet dinner at home. A few weeks ago I we finally put a date in the books and had a few friends over to open some of the first wines I started to collect which were from... (more...)

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1999 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon VerticalFor months I had been plotting a big Cabernet dinner at home. A few weeks ago I we finally put a date in the books and had a few friends over to open some of the first wines I started to collect which were from... (more...)

Etude “Heirloom” Pinot Noir, 2003 Carneros, Napa Valley This bottle was really singing tonight! A very solid wine example of the Etude single vineyard Pinot regime. Well made start to finish. Stood up and brought to room temperature for... (more...)

Etude “Heirloom” Pinot Noir

Etude “Heirloom” Pinot Noir, 2003 Carneros, Napa ValleyThis bottle was really singing tonight! A very solid wine example of the Etude single vineyard Pinot regime. Well made start to finish. Stood up and brought to room temperature for... (more...)

Castano Monastrell 2007, Yecla, Spain VALUE RED $6.99-8.99 Monastrell or Mourvèdre? It is in fact the same grape varietal. Mourvèdre is the French name and Monastrell the Spanish derivation. It is an interesting grape because it has a natural compound... (more...)

Castano Monastrell

Castano Monastrell 2007, Yecla, Spain VALUE RED $6.99-8.99Monastrell or Mourv  Read More →

A Bottle of White, A Bottle of Red… This week we had two wines worth blogging about that stuck out for being the opposites. One was white while the other was red. One was a value wine, the other not a value per se, but under $40. One was from... (more...)

Sokol Blosser Evolution

A Bottle of White, A Bottle of Red… This week we had two wines worth blogging about that stuck out for being the opposites. One was white while the other was red. One was a value wine, the other not a value per se, but under $40. One was from... (more...)