Archive for August, 2007

Tasting Famega Vinho Verde NV

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 Posted in regions, reviews, wineries | 1 Comment »

Yummy goodness. Straw yellow with green reflections, it was slightly petillant (bubbly), and after the bubbles exploded in your mouth, the palate was totally dry and pleasently herbal. Tasted just ... Read more..

Tasting Rosenblum Cellars Heritage Clones Petite Sirah 2005

Monday, August 27th, 2007 Posted in grapes, reviews, wineries | 1 Comment »

This was an impulse purchase -- normally I don't buy bottles this expensive, sticking to under $10-15, but I was meeting friends at my house and saw this in the ... Read more..

Pairing Perfection

Friday, August 24th, 2007 Posted in food & wine pairing, restaurants, reviews | No Comments »

Peanut butter and jelly. Car and driver. Movies and popcorn. Wine and food. Each of these pairs are lesser without the other. Sure, they can stand on their own if ... Read more..

Tasting Martin Codax Albarino 2006

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 Posted in grapes, regions, reviews, wineries | 1 Comment »

Boy, I'm drinking a lot of white lately. I loves the red, and I believe in the Rose, really I do, but I am THIRSTY for white these days. Might ... Read more..

Boxed in

Friday, August 17th, 2007 Posted in industry | 1 Comment »

Such an interesting article from our local Austin Chronicle this week on boxed wines! Wes Marshall writes about wine and food for the Chronicle, and organized a blind tasting ... Read more..

Tasting Feudi di San Gregorio Falanghina 2005

Thursday, August 16th, 2007 Posted in grapes, reviews, wineries | No Comments »

I heart obscure white varietal wines! Light gold in color, suggesting oak aging. Fascinating nose: flowery, strong ripe banana and almond scent, with some cheery orange peel as it warmed up. ... Read more..

Tasting HdV Napa Valley Red Wine 2003

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in industry, reviews | No Comments »

Uhhh, Scamp? You forgot the name of the wine. Actually, no. This is HdV's meritage bottling, which they did not name until 2004. The word meritage is a cross between the ... Read more..

Tasting A to Z Pinot Noir 2005

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in industry, reviews | 3 Comments »

Pretty, garnet color. Warm Bing cherry, cranberry and sweet strawberry on the nose. On the palate, the wine has a slight silkiness, not too much, although that begs the question ... Read more..

Predictability is the New Black

Monday, August 13th, 2007 Posted in industry, regions | No Comments »

Driving home from work the other day, I caught another of NPR's excellent stories about global warming. In the teaser for the segment, the announcer said something about "a ... Read more..

Nice Acid

Friday, August 10th, 2007 Posted in basics, grapes | No Comments »

In posting my tasting notes on certain white wines recently, I may have mentioned that a wine had "good acidity."  It occurred to me much later that all my attentive readers may ... Read more..