Another wine that requires some patience to appreciate. It had a distracting metallic aroma when first opened that gradually dissipates as the wine aerates and
Category: Budget Wines
Budget Wine: Torre San Millan Gorrebusto Rioja 2012
It is odd how some wines grow on you. They don’t reveal their virtues on a first meeting. You have to adjust to them. As
Budget Wine: Epicuro Salice Salentino and Aglianico 2011
A Trader Joe’s exclusive, the Salice Salentino is one of my go-to, everyday wines and has been for years. A simple but pleasing nose of
Budget Wine: René Barbier Mediterranean Red Catalunya NV
I really like this wine, in part because the image on the label makes we want to hop a plane to Spain but also because
Battle of the Budget Rieslings: Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Monterey County 2012 vs. Hogue Columbia Valley 2012
It has become a truism that we live in a world awash in quality wine at good prices—a fact to which these two Rieslings testify.
Budget Wine: St. Somewhere Petit Verdot 2010 Paso Robles
Petit Verdot has traditionally been a minor component of Bordeaux blends, when they could get it to ripen. In sun-drenched California where ripening is less
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 