This always breaks my heart. There are legit financial reasons to drink Crane Lake but Winston's are not one of them. Cut back on the smokes and upgrade your wine to $10-12 a bottle. It's worth i...
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Wine Review: Marina Cvetic 2011 Chardonnay
Holy hell, the warmer weather is in full effect! You can even see the trellis for my tomatoes right behind the bottle of this wine! I'm so goddamn excited I can't even contain myself! The winter was such a bastard that I would rather move to a state full of maniacs, like Florida, than deal with that crap again! But I won't have to worry about that threat for at least...
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Wine Review: MAN Family Wines 2014 Chenin Blanc
So here's the thing: It's officially still spring here in the northern hemisphere but c'mon, it's summer. It's time for being outdoors, eating seafood and keeping the wine refreshing. Crisp white wine is where it's at for late spring, early summer. Once you're into the groove of summer you can return to the reds, but you gotta kick it off with lots of whites. You just...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Review: Taste of Purple Vino2 Wine Glass with 90+ Cellars Lot 95 Super Cuvée 2012
Taste of Purple is a glass and stemware company out of New Jersey whose whole thing is about aerating your wine and opening it up to have a better wine experience. They found my blog on the interwebs and contacted me to see if I wanted to give their stuff a try. I told them no. Are you kidding me? Of course I said yes!
I have here their Vino2, a very large glass with...
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Wine Review: Maison Roche de Bellene Bourgogne (Pinot Noir) Vieilles Vignes 2011
Let me see, let me see... how many Burgundy's have I reviewed... hmmm... it appears I have reviewed none.... NONE? I've been doing this blog for a year and I haven't reviewed a Burgundy yet? Well that will have to be fixed immediately, won't it? Let's pour some Pinot down the hatch!
So what I've got right here was suggested by Alexandre leclercq, a French fellow from...
Sunday, May 10, 2015
In defense of the CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine)
There are many that feel that being certified in wine knowledge is a load of bull. Then there are those that are certified that believe the CSW is a joke. I'm going to explain to you why neither case is true.
You don't need a certification to have a superior knowledge of wine or to be in the business. Kevin Zraly is certified in squat and that guy is a hero in the...
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Review: My Wine Passion Chiller Stick with Oveja Negra Sauvignon Blanc / Carmenere 2014 Reserva
Wine products need to be reviewed just as much as wine itself and what I have here has the ability to improve your entire wine experience, especially when you're looking to drink some white. But that's if it even works.
My Wine Passion's Chiller Stick is a metal rod that you keep in your freezer and when you're ready to use it you just screw on the pouring end and drop...
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
May Wine Pick: Domaine de Chantepierre Tavel 2014
This WINE PICK of the month was written for the Luke's of Cape Cod website.
Right across France's Rhone River from Chateauneuf-du-Pape is the commune of Tavel. All the wine that bares its name is rosé. And rosé is the ultimate wine of spring.
Domaine de Chantepierre has remained in the same family for 500 years and all of their wines revolve around southern...
