From a tasting perspective, this is a wonderfully, highly complex delicious wine made from Sicily’s increasingly...
Gift Guide: Wine Accessory of the Year
I’m posting this blog two days before “Cyber Monday,” and unless you’ve spent the past two days since...
Enough with the Damned Turkey: Looking Ahead to Holiday Meals
Everyone has their own reasons for being thankful after Thanksgiving. For some, it might be Black Friday, or Cyber Monday,...
Legado del Moncayo, Campo de Borja (Aragon, Spain) Garnacha 2017
I love this wine, and I love it every year… and I know that I may be undercutting my “critical”...
Acentor, Calatayud (Aragon, Spain) Garnacha 2016
With an additional year of aging by comparison to Garnacha wines from the 2017 vintage, this shows slightly toned-down...
Go with Garnacha for Thanksgiving
In most American families, altering the menu for Thanksgiving Dinner would be unthinkable at best…and downright heretical...
Thanksgiving Wine: What to Serve, and How to Serve It
Residents of the United States now consume more wine than any other nation in the world, and odds are overwhelming that they...
Jim Barry, Clare Valley (South Australia) Assyrtiko 2017
This is a delicious rendition of Assyrtiko, the most striking white variety of Greece that is almost always sourced from...
Jim Barry, Clare Valley (South Australia) Riesling 2017
Very nearly as good as the Jim Barry “Lodge Hill” Riesling but at a price that is 25% lower, this is a steal,...
Jim Barry, Clare Valley (South Australia) Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
I’ve got my doubts that anybody outside of Australia would try to make great Riesling and great Cabernet Sauvignon...
Pago de La Jaraba, La Mancha (Spain) Sauvignon 2017
So, let’s be entirely candid about this: If you were to offer me a Sauvignon Blanc from a warm, sunny climate,...
Jim Barry, Clare Valley (South Australia) Shiraz 2014
This is a traditionally-styled, thoroughly exciting, kick-ass bottle of Shiraz. It is sourced from a vineyard...