From one of the genuinely first rate producers in San Diego’s emerging wine region of Ramona. This wine has the soul of a roadhouse blues
Category: Wine Reviews
Budget Wine Review: Nero Grande Appassimento Italy 2017
This is an odd duck, so I couldn’t resist buying a bottle. It’s unusual to see a wine made in the appassimento style for $7.
Ageing Report: John Duvall Shiraz “Eligo” Barossa Valley 2005
Before starting his own label in 2003, John Duvall was winemaker at Penfolds for 29 years and thus responsible for making the iconic Penfolds Grange
Budget Wine Review: Pasqua Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2016
In my judgment the ripasso style of winemaking is a treasure. They take grapes from a very ordinary varietal—mostly Corvina—and make an ordinary Valpolicella wine,
Wine Review: E.Guigal La Turque Côte-Rôtie 2008
The best wines in the world show well even in poor vintages, and 2008 was cold and rainy in the Northern Rhone throughout much of
Budget Wine Review: Chateau Rodier Montagne-Saint-Émilion 2015
Chateau Rodier is owned by Vignobles Capdemourlin, a large and highly regarded Saint-Émilion wine company. These grapes are from Montagne-Saint-Émilion, the largest satellite of the
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