wine of the week
Sometimes, one forgets old friends. Not intentionally, of course, but because of the press of business and the rush of life. There are new wines to try and more posts to write, and[...]
07 Nov 2012
Gavi is one of those Italian wines that lingers in a netherworld – not as popular as pinot grigio or even Soave and not always easy to find. But when it’s done well, it[...]
10 Oct 2012
Yellow + Blue makes some of the finest cheap wine in the world, and I’ve waxed poetic about almost every one of the company’s releases. The torrontes ($13 for a 1-liter[...]
29 Aug 2012
Summer is squishing us here in Dallas, and we’ve been on either side of 100 degrees for a month or so. So what do I when the air conditioner runs all day and the sun hurts to[...]
01 Aug 2012
I don’t trust Italian pinot grigio. Since it’s a wine that people who don’t drink much wine drink, a lot of pinot grigio producers feel it’s their duty to f[...]
25 Jul 2012
This bottle could well be the future of the much-troubled French wine business. If so, the future may not be as dire as so many fear. The Little James ($12, purchased, available at[...]
18 Jul 2012
I have written more than 200 wines of the week over the last four years, and none has been a bigger surprise than this. Cellar No. 8 wines are about as ordinary as possible, the ki[...]
13 Jun 2012
Meridian’s wines make are enough to make a wine writer crazy. Sometimes, they’re really, really well done, and do things like make the $10 Hall of Fame. Other times, th[...]
16 May 2012
My winning streak with cheap pinot noir from the Languedoc region of France continues. First, there was the Tortoise Creek, and now there is the Luc Pirlet ($10, purchased, availab[...]
09 May 2012
Total Wine, a large regional chain, is supposed to open in Dallas shortly. Throw in Trader Joe’s, which is supposed to open this fall, and Spec’s, Texas’ largest [...]
18 Apr 2012
During a #winechat discussion last week about local wine, one of the questions I got was how regional wine producers could make it easier for Americans to drink wine that[...]
11 Apr 2012
There are a couple of importers whose wines are so trustworthy that I will buy them regardless of what’s in the bottle. Kermit Lynch, of course, for French wine, and Ole Impo[...]
04 Apr 2012
