Italians are famous for liking wines with high acidity. But many Italian wines also have tantalizing bitter flavors that give them dimension and personality. This
Category: Wine Reviews
Budget Wine: Gnarly Head Authentic Black Lodi 2013
This aims at a very particular flavor profile, concentrated, dark, in your face fruit and oak. A Petite Sirah based blend. Great intensity; nothing subtle.
Bonny Doon Vineyards Le Cigare Volant Reserve Bonbonne Santa Cruz 2010
One of my favorite wines from the incomparable Randall Grahm. Aromas of fresh red and blue berries with a riveting mineral undercurrent that seems to
Budget Wine: Frey Natural Red Organic Wine NV
This wine checks all the sustainability boxes: made from organically grown grapes, bio-dynamic viticulture, and no genetically modified yeast. It also has no added sulfites
Quinto do Crasto Douro Superieur Red 2012
If you like good wine at good prices (who doesn’t?) and you’re not drinking Portuguese still wines, you’re missing out. The reds, especially from the
Budget Wine: Gia Pinot Noir California 2013
This is part of Gia Coppola’s line of wines. Gia is the grand daughter of Francis Ford Coppola and a filmmaker in her own right,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 