I’m not a big fan of French wines. But my wife was grilling out steaks, so thought this might be a good pairing. Unlike many “Old World” Cabernets, this wine is bold; but after letting it breathe for about 30 minutes, it opened up and let some of the more nuanced notes come through. Aroma […]
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2009 La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza 2009
I love Rioja wines. To me, it is Spain in a bottle. I like it is a wine that appeals to all types of wine drinkers. I love they let it mature in the barrel. When you open a bottle, it just needs to breathe a bit; it rarely needs decanting. To quote the late […]
2016 Block & Tackle Cabernet Sauvignon
I love great “value” wines. For a wine drinker, there are few things better than buying a low-cost bottle of wine, opening it, and having it surprise you, outpacing its cost with good flavor and quality. The 2016 Block & Tackle Cabernet Sauvignon did exactly that for me. I bought this wine at a local […]
Secoli Amarone della Valpolicella 2014
It has been a while since I did a wine review. Like everyone else, life happens, so my time to indulge in both drinking wine AND researching it for a blog post has been limited. So I have just been drinking and skipping the research part!
Sea Smoke Southing Pinot Noir 2013
While I haven’t been posting many wine reviews lately, it hasn’t been because I haven’t been drinking any wine. God forbid! No, I’d been drinking down a lot of my Spanish Tempranillo stock for the last few months. But as this year draws to a close, the Missus and I decided to open a […]