Wine Reviews
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Château Giscours is a distinguished Margaux estate and, under new management, is producing wines that reflect its third-growth classification. A blend of 65% Cabernet...
Vermentino is a go-to grape/wine when you yearn for a reasonably priced accompaniment for seafood. That is not to say there are no great...
Wines carrying the Vin de France appellation can be either wonderful or awful because they need not obey any rules. The winemaker decides everything...
This is the top wine from a terrific producer, but I found it to be rather reticent when cracking into it last week, though...
Barbera has an enormous quality range from insipid to fabulous, which can make choosing one a mine field. Yet, it is my “go-to” red...
Every time I drink Barbera, I thank my friend (and sadly recently deceased) Ed McCarthy. Ed, of course, was known as “Mr. Champagne” but...
Just cracking the limit for variety specific labeling with 14 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 percent Merlot in the mix, this producer wisely lets...
It struck me that the red wines I tasted from Ehlers’ 2021vintage were all somewhat aggressive, and that it might be a tannin overload...
This offering will please a crowd of Chardonnay fans, with some oak, but not too much, enhancing apple and lemon creme aromas and flavors...
I would imagine that the challenge of making “zero sugar” wine is to keep it in the “dry” zone and out of the “drying”...
There is no mistaking this as anything but Petit Verdot, and it is a fine example. It is more taut than the California examples...
As usual, the Chappellet Cabernet Franc is a dark side expression of the variety, and it is prized by its fans for precisely that...