Aged wines, if they are of good quality, tend to soften and acquire the texture of velvet as the tannins polymerize and form longer chemical
Category: Wine Reviews
Budget Wine: Buscado Garnacha Spain 2013
Oh my. Caveat Emptor. Previous vintages of this wine have received some glowing reviews, not the least from Wilfred Wong who gave the 2011 93
Besieged Ravenswood Winery Old Vine Blend Sonoma County 2012
What would you expect from a wine called “Besieged”—over-the-top alcohol, tannins that grip like a masseuse with a mean streak, acid that bites like a
Budget Wine: Marchigue Carmenere Reserva Colchagua Valley 2012
I am a fan of unusual wines, especially when they are inexpensive. With the hundreds if not thousands of wines available on any city block,
Ageing Report: Seghesio Sangiovese 2007
The vast majority of wine reviews are about recently released wines, and for good reason. The purpose of most wine reviews is to guide consumers,
Budget Wine: Skeleton Malbec Mendoza 2013
There is a debate among wine critics about whether we should write negative reviews. Most say they don’t have time to waste on bad wine.
