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The 2014 Frith Grenache is a boutique custom crush project from Napa. The wine was aged in French oak for 16 months (10% new). It's composed of 86% Grenache and 14% Syrah. Here's my mother fucking tasting notes and a video of me rapping out about Grenache and tasting the wine:Nose: This wine exudes aromas of crushed red currant, strawberry rhubarb,...
You must visit Yountville! It's an absolutely beautiful town filled with restaurants, flowers and trees, tasting rooms, and everything you'd expect when going on a luxury wine vacation.
Wine is a luxury item that more and more people are starting to order online. In the past it was very difficult to monetize a wine blog because it wasn't a terribly online commercial product. The game is starting to change a bit as wineries, wine retailers, and other wine related businesses are moving to online means of advertising. Online wine clu...
On the nose this wine is incredibly aromatic and just throws the most wild and herbaceous aromas profile right in your face. It's definitely showing a musqu?-style that is becoming very popular in California. I have not looked up the tech data, but I'd be shocked if they are not using the Sauvignon musqu? clone in some degree or another. I mean, hu...
On the nose this wine exudes beautiful aromas of tart sour cherry, cranberry sauce, and strawberry rhubarb pie. There are certainly secondary aromas or underlining earthy-type essences of potters clay and dried provencal herbs. The wine also shows a touch of bottle age which was slightly unexpected but quite enjoyable. It almost comes across as bro...
An incredible expression of Pinot Noir that is reminiscent of the great Pinot's from Burgundy's Musigny. The flavors are dense and ripe like you'd expect from a Kistler Pinot noir, but there are stunning nuances of lavender, violet, clove, raspberries, blueberries, and a deep underlining mineral and wet rock complexity.This is a gorgeous effort mad...
So, I've sampled quite a few Trader Joe's selections under the $10 price point and only a very few have made my list of items that I would recommend or even go back and purchase multiple times. Yesterday I decided to buy a few different selections and see if there were any keepers. So I filled up my little hand basket with about three or four selec...
Wine tasting is always a good choice to have a fun and pleasant time! When you are surrounded by wine, good people and nice weather the last thing you will think about is your outfit. Rather so it?s important to have an appropriate look for a wine tasting. Even if you are not a wine lover, spending time at a wine tasting can be a great experience. ...
Step one-You need to have a proper storage facility. Even if you're planning on making a quick flip on a few bottles, you need to temperature control the wine. If you are serious about investing in wine and getting involved with the business in this fashion, you need to protect your investment with a cellar that maintains the wine's temperature at ...
Investing in anything is never a sure fire bet, that's why it's called investing. If it was a sure thing all the time and there were no risk, then it would not merit much of a return at all. It's like savings account interest, it's never going to make you rich because there is absolutely zero risk. Investing in wine is something that for the most p...
This lovely little gem found in the squatty looking bottle was actually quite a surprise for the relatively budget price point.Cotes du Rhone is still one of the worlds best wine values if you can find those that match up well with your palate. They are often a touch rustic for some people as they are no doubt French and have an earthy side. I sugg...
Many wine connoisseurs find they love the convenience of a wine aerator. They'd rather use a device designed to force oxygen into their wine instantly, rather than have to wait for a decanter to do it's job. Doing the research about what wine aerators rate the highest amongst wine consumers yielded the following results:#1 - Vintorio Wine Aerator P...
It's never a bad time to have a glass or rose, but especially while cruzin' the web in your pajamas on a quite sunday afternoon. I'm always attracted to these pink wines in the funky shaped bottle. There seems to be something uniquely authentic about the roses from Provence. It's like they are unabashed by the stark femininity of their wines and th...
This is one of the great wineries of Bordeaux and is often overlooked when speaking about true collectibles. It is thought to be the oldest estate in Bordeaux and has produced over 700 vintages to date. The winery and vineyards are located in the commune of Pessac, south-west of the city of Bordeaux.The 2013 Bordeaux vintage is still extraordinaril...
NAPA, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2016) ? Crimson Wine Group (OTCQB: CWGL) today announced the acquisition of Seven Hills Winery, a benchmark Washington winery that has played an important role in defining the Walla Walla Valley wine industry. Over its 28-year history, Seven Hills has established a storied wine program with a strong history of accolades for b...
Investing in wine? Why not just drink it? Well, the logic behind any investment is that someday you will reap the rewards of your patience or savvy choice and make a profit or gain something of value in return. It's funny how wine has become such a commodity and an item that holds value on the auction block almost as fine art would. It's really one...
It's always fun to taste these little gems from Jumilla because they often represent such great value. Monastrell also known as Mourv?dre is of course the signature of the region that is located in the hills just west of Spain's Mediterranean coast near Valencia. This wine is made with certified organic grapes.On the nose the wine displays some not...
This has always ranked up there with my favorite wines from Orin Swift, an while I think the quality of the Prisoner and other wines from Orin Swift have somewhat dipped a bit, this one seems to still deliver great quality. The 2013 Papillon is a bordeaux blend and100% Napa Valley fruit. It was aged for 16 months in 40% new French oak. In the glass...
NO.You can simply buy a cheap decanter and pour a bottle into it rather fervently and get the same exact result. If you don't want your wine to remain in the decanter to further develop, you can easily funnel you wine back into the bottle.I get blown away at the amount of lame ass gadgets on the market supposedly designed to help immediately open t...
How does one purchase wine for a low price and resell it for profit? There are a few methods that savvy wine flippers use to make a few extra dollars and fund there way into free wine that they can enjoy themselves. I have pulled off lots of really great deals in the past and then with my profits bought several cases of wine to enjoy.One such exper...
I am by profession a Sommelier. At least I was for 13 years and now I've retired from the floor and the everyday game to focus on writing professionally and even doing some amateur bodybuilding. Now there's something you don't here everyday! Recently in my hiatus from the rigors of the cellar I have ben thinking about the definition of a true somme...
This Zinfandel is from the Russian River Valley and is just a small 1.8 acre block of head-trained, dry-farmed vines planted in the 18th century. It went unfarmed for years but was revived in 1995 and now produces roughly 564 cases annually.The aromas of this wine are reminiscent of mixed berry pie, butter pie crust, boysenberry, subtle hints of dr...
This is a small production 100% estate Pinot Noir from Russian River Valley. Mike Sullivan one of California's most talented winemakers heads up the project at Benovia and creates some really spectacular pinot's. Benovia for me however has always been on the spectrum of rather extracted and fuller bodied pinot from Russian River. That's not to say ...
Carpineto is one of my favorite Chianti producers and every time I see an opportunity to buy a bottle with a touch of age from a good vintage I usually pull the trigger. 2007 was an exceptional year in Tuscany and the Chianti region produced classic wine throughout.This particular bottle was in excellent condition. The color of the wine was still v...
Investing in wine can be a novel activity and something fun for the everyday drinker, or it can actually be a real investment and one you should protect in the right way. We all know that wine can be temperature and light sensitive and that storing it in the proper conditions insures that it will age in harmony and maintain or increase in value. If...
Last year exactly during Oregon wine harvest I took my three best friends on a wonderful trip to Willamette Valley where we toured some of the regions best wineries. We stayed for two days in Ken Wright's wonderful wine lofts in downtown Carlton for two nights and then rounded out the trip visiting the Eola-Amity area and staying at the extraordina...
Shea Wine Cellars is definitely one of the very best wineries in Oregon. Their Pinot's capture a ripeness and expression of the grape that only a few select producers in the Willamette can achieve. The "Block 31" bottling is a blend of 70% Pommard and 30% Wadenswil fruit clones that were harvested from Block 31 that is located on the west hill of S...
Taking a trip to wine country is one of the most fantastic things one can do in their lifetime. I have personally been to over 300 wineries all over the world. It's fascinating to see how each operation runs whether it be a large industrial type winery or a tiny po-dunk family run garage project. I love the equipment, I love the smells, I love the ...
Bordeaux wines are probably the most collectible wines on the planet. It hearkens back to history and the incredible demand for these clarets by the English. The English press as we know drive the economy in their country and influence markets in a profound way. They of course are the press that coined the name "claret" and in speaking of Italian n...
When you look at the quality you can get from Spain for the price, there is simply just no other wine region that compares in value. I just checked Wine.com the largest online wine retailer and they have 85 different wines for sale under $20 that have scored 90 points or above in the major wine publications.Just a quick example of this kind of valu...
Wine parties are the best! I have been to so so many over the years. I love taking pictures of all the empty bottles at the end of the evening and looking back and remembering which ones showed the best that evening.Conducting a successful wine party is rather easy and there are some basics that you should remember to include to make the evening in...
How should one go about being a savvy investor in wine? This is a question many people ask themselves when looking into filling a new wine cellar that they have built or inherited with the purchase of a new house. When faced with this question of how to make the right choices to build value in your wine cellar, there are a few things to consider.Fi...
When thinking about collecting wine and making a solid investment the purchaser needs to think about a few key points to determine their goals and which wines actually merit the investment they are looking for. Are you investing in the wine merely as a personal investment to be consumed over time with family or friends? Or are you interested in inv...
Wine storage racks are of course a very important item in designing your home wine cellar. Finding the best wine storage racks that fit your design and the dimensions of the cellar you are planning is very important. There are lots of different options to consider.The first option as seen below are wooden wine racks that hold your wine at a perfect...
The type of wine glasses one uses for each style of wine does impact the experience. Now, whether the specific shape of a glass actually changes the experience significantly enough to worry about the perfect shape for each varietal, that is down to one's sensory impression and experience with each glass. The Riedel family would take you through an ...
Buying wine that has already been aged is of course highly convenient if you have the money to do so. Not very many people have the patience to sit on a bottle of wine for ten or more years until it has finally arrived at it's peak drinking conditions. But properly aged Bordeaux is hard to come across at your local wine shop. Most of the wines sell...
This is a very hard question to answer because there are so many different kinds of Bordeaux on the market and they're all at different quality levels. Does the price of the wine dictate who well it will age? The answer is not always. I have had wines from Bordeaux that retail under twenty dollars that have aged nicely for over a decade, and wines ...
There are many great options to consider when thinking about Champagne for new years celebrations. Besides Champagne from France, there are other bubble options out there as well that fit the occasion and can also save you on the expense. Cava, Prosecco, Sekt, Moscato (if you like sweet), and sparkling wines from Burgundy and California all can mak...
"Affordable" and "Bordeaux" may be two words you wouldn't always expect to see in the same sentence. It seams as if news stories are always breaking about the record prices being spent on rare catches of fancy Bordeaux and how the Asia market is pushing those prices higher every year. While these stories may be true, it doesn't necessarily mean tha...
What is a vertical? In wine speak that means collecting several different vintages of the same wine. A horizontal would of course be a bit different, which is to collect similar wines in the same vintage. For example, if I had all of the first growth wines from just the 2005 vintage.An impressive vertical of MoutonStarting a Bordeaux vertical is aw...
Finding deals on Bordeaux wines is often difficult if you search through your common retailer. Many wholesalers have exited the Bordeaux business because of the incredible demand forced by the Asian markets on the futures prices. Availability is extremely limited in comparison to how things used to be. So, how does one find deals on great Bordeaux ...
The answer to the question of "why Bordeaux wines age so well" is really in a nutshell just basic science. They age well because of a few factors.....First, Bordeaux is comprised of grape varietals that happen to have a high amount of phenols in their skins. These phenols are what we refer to as "tannins". These compounds definitely serve as a pres...
The savvy investors are always on the lookout for opportunities to expand their holdings. One of the newest and most intriguing methods of expansion is little known outside of professional circles. Buying wine futures is a process in which investors purchase amounts of wine before it has been offered for sale by a vineyard. It is a speculative vent...
Buying Bordeaux for your wine cellar is a savvy choice. It's one of the most time tested age worthy wines. Not only do the wines age with grace, but they also tend to increase in value over time giving the owner the ability to properly liquidate their collection if the run into any unforeseen life issues that could force their hand. The wines and v...
The left bank in Bordeaux gets so much more attention then the wineries on the right, primarily because of the 1855 Classification in Bordeaux that classified the top Chateaux on the left bank. Why were the Bordeaux vineyards located on the right excluded? Well, primarily because of the status and money the families on the left bank had garnered al...
The world has constantly celebrated Bordeaux wine as the best for hundreds of years. Bordeaux is the largest wine grower in France, with an estimated vineyard area of 120,000 hectares. Eighty-nine percent of the wine produced in Bordeaux is red wine. The reason behind the success of wine making in the Bordeaux region is the excellent climate for vi...
While many people might think that deciding upon the best Bordeaux vineyards is an easy task, it should be noted that the region of Bordeaux contains over one hundred thousand vineyards. There will almost always be wineries nearby when people stay at chateaus in the area.Napoleon III, the famous and infamous emperor of France in the 19th century, s...
What a stunning effort and one of the best under $20 dollar wines I think I may have ever tasted. It's incredible the amount of nuance and character and quality Rioja producers such as this classic place in the bottle for the price. It's especially impressive that they can afford to do so when they have such demanding and time consuming laws that g...
If I could tell you just one thing having had over 13 years of experience in the wine trade, is that if you're planning on building a wine cellar or filling a wine refrigerator full of wine that you anticipate holding on to and maturing over time, Bordeaux must be among your choices for purchase. Purchasing quality Bordeaux for your cellar will ens...
Pauillac is most definitely one of Bordeaux's most prolific appellations. Located between the great Gironde river and Canal du Midi in the M?doc, Pauillac is home to 18 grands crus class?s which are some of France's most prestigious wines. Below is a list of all of these great growths and just a touch of information about each of these Bordeaux vin...
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