Twenty-four Theses
We taste with four of our five senses: sight, smell, taste, and touch. (We don’t use our ears to taste, but you may have…
Interestingness
Damilano Barolo "Lecinquevigne "200414% ABV | Current price: about $36 Nebbiolo grapes from five eponymous vineyards go into this wine. It's young for a…
Not Typical
Le Clos de Caveau Vacqueyras Le Carmin Brillant2007Current price: about $23 We're Vacqueyras fans, so we were happy to find this bottle recently at…
Frosty
Hermann Wiemer Frost Cuvée2008Current price: about $12 In early May we visited the Finger Lakes of upstate New York, part of the group attending…
Ventoux
Domaine de Fenouillet Ventoux Rosé2009Current price: about $13 (with case discount we paid $10) I love rosé, and I love the southern Rhône, so…
Well Born
Bonny Doon Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Bien Nacido Syrah2007Current price: about $40 (as club members we paid $34) This wine is deep ruby red…
Toasted
Windy Oaks Estate One-Acre Estate Chardonnay2007Current price: about $38 We received two bottles of this about a year ago. We opened the first right…
Duly Noted
Gaia Estate Notios White2008Current price: about $15 We opened this southern Greek white to honor of the arrival in the U.S. of a friend…
O Grinho
Bonny Doon Vineyard Vinho Grinho2009Current price: about $20 (as club members we paid $17) Made from 56% Portuguese loureiro grapes and 44% Spanish albariño,…
Sympathique
Domaine de la Jaufrette Vacqueyras 2001 Current price: about $16 Lying back once again into the Rhône’s liquid embrace. This wine is so inky…
At Our Fingertips
We just returned from a long weekend in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Over the course of two and a half…
Tasting Green
Höpler Grüner Veltliner2008Current price: about $17 Pale greenish gold, the nose is fresh like grass or new-cut hay. On the palate I get gooseberries,…