Before Its Time
Martin RanchThérèse Vineyards Petite Sirah2005 We opened this bottle two nights ago and were blown over by its aggressive tannins and forward style. We…
A Great Friday Night Wine
Hogue CellarsGenesis Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon2004 By Friday we're ready for something with a bit more heft than the normal stuff. This bottle fit…
Flaio
FlaioSalento Primitivo2006 A wonderful wine for the price. It's youthful, with a few raw edges, but overall it's extremely balanced, well-integrated, and, as Steve…
Martin Ranch
Martin RanchJ. D. Hurley Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Clara Valley2003 For Christmas last year, Meg gave Steve a wine club membership to Martin Ranch Winery,…
Bright, Fruity, Fun
Dehesa de RubialesAlaia Vino de Tierra de Castilla y León2004 In its fourth day (on nitrogen) and still tastes great. Bright and full of…
Better With Age
PerrinChâteau de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1993 Steve bought a few bottles of this wine about ten years ago and cellared it. We opened it expecting…
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Knife, Fork, Plate, Glass; For One Not Two
If you cook—when you cook—you generate as many dishes cooking for one as you do cooking for two. I am learning that this week,…
Open That Bottle Night (OTBN)
Moccagatta Barbaresco Cole2004 For this year's Open That Bottle Night we pulled the cork on a Barbaresco we'd purchased recently from Gary's Wines. We…
“Ripe Tannins”
Simi WineryAlexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon2005 This wine has plenty of fruit, and the tannins are forward but not aggressively so. We get flavors of…
Like Drinking a Tree
Ross Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz 2001 This is our second bottle of Ross Estate’s ’01 Shiraz. We were impressed the first time by the…