wine reviews
It’s not easy finding cheap cabernet sauvignon that tastes like cabernet sauvignon. Too many of them are fruity and sticky, without the heft and tannins that cabernet is supp[...]
28 Mar 2012
Where do I begin to praise the Trocard ($10, purchased, available at Spec’s)? Cheap wine does not get much better than this: • It’s a previous vintage, and it̵[...]
21 Mar 2012
I have finally figured out why Americans don’t drink more rose, and it’s not what I thought — that we confuse rose with sweet pink wines like white zinfandel. The[...]
14 Mar 2012
So much for wondering about the quality of California wine. Or thinking that wine prices were going to increase this year. Which says pretty much everything that needs to be said a[...]
07 Mar 2012
Yet another Australian wine featured on the blog? Hey, I call them as I see them, and if it means changing my mind and admitting that he doesn’t know everything that he think[...]
29 Feb 2012
This wine cost nine bucks. How do the Italians do it? Their economy is in shambles and the euro is killing the dollar. If this was French wine, it would cost $15 or $18. I’m [...]
22 Feb 2012
The holiday that must not be named is next week. You want to buy sparkling wine. But sparkling wine, being sparkling wine, is expensive and confusing. Not to worry. I am on the job[...]
08 Feb 2012
White wines from France’s Rhone region aren’t particularly well known and, at least in this country, don’t get all that much respect. You don’t see many of [...]
01 Feb 2012
I have always wondered how to approach Chianti, which is not only the one Italian red wine that most Americans know, but the one Italian red wine that wine snobs turn their noses u[...]
11 Jan 2012
This white blend from Bordeaux has been in and out of the $10 Hall since I started it 10 years ago — but not because of quality. Rather, what once was a $10 wine ha[...]
04 Jan 2012
If most wine drinkers know Freixenet, it’s from the black bottle that they see at the grocery store. And the black bottle is decent enough $9 Spanish sparkling wine, or cava.[...]
28 Dec 2011
Some of you might think I don’t like California wine, given how often California wine comes in for criticism. Nothing could be further from the truth. I dislike dishonest and[...]
21 Dec 2011
