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
Category: Wine Reviews
Mollydooker Two Left Feet McLaren Vale 2011
Mollydooker’s lineup of big, bold reds may be the quintessential Parker-style wines. Since their first release in 2006 uber-wine critic Robert Parker has given these
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
Wine Review: Shadow Mountain Merlot San Diego County 2010
Merlot is a versatile grape but these days you find it mostly striving to be cuddly and flirtatious. The intriguing nose on the Shadow Mountain
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.
Wine Review: Colombier-Monpelou Pauilliac 2008
Tasting—real, genuine, deep tasting—should stimulate the mind as well as the palate; even something as mundane as a glass of vin ordinaire, if it has
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 