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2017 Herdade do Rocim Brut Nature Rose (Alentejo): Touriga rarely tasted so elegant – or so fun. $NA B+ 2018 Herdade do Rocim Amphora Branco (Vinho Regional Alentejano): The colors – and the flavors – of peach skins to brighten your day. $14 B+ 2017 Herdade do Rocim Alicante Bouschet (Vinho Regional Alentejano): Burly, mysterious,...
A quick hit today to let you know that my friend, colleague, fellow wine competition judge, blogger, and author Jeff Siegel was kind enough to have me as a recent guest on his podcast over at winecurmudgeon.com. In our discussion, Jeff (who shares my postmodern view that the enjoyment of wine by the person drinking...Upscale your palate! My new boo...
2016 Bouchard Pere & Fils Pouilly-Fuisse (Maconnais): Tangy? Check. Juicy? Check? Flinty? Check? Pricey? Only semi-check. $30 A- 2015 Weingut Steintal – Stadt Klingenberg Benedikt Baltes Grossheubach Alte Reben Spatburgunder Trocken (Franken): Deep, smoky, and almost as much of a mouth-full as its name. $36 2018 Alois Lageder Muller Thurg...
Time to get your drink on, people! My new book, Wine Tasters Guide: Drink and Learn with 30 Wine Tastings, has as of this week (specifically, July 21, 2020) been officially released. 30 is a lot of tastings, so I hope that your livers have been properly trained for this! This is the "main" book... Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start get...
NV Segura Viudas Brut Reserva Cava (Catalonia): Kind of like Ol' Reliable at this point, isn't it? $10 B- 2016 Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Tascante ‘Ghiaia Nera' Etna Rosso (Sicily): Floral, vibrant, & spicy – an Etna Trifecta. $18 B+ 2018 Utopia ‘Bliss' Pinot Noir Blanc (Ribbon Ridge): An out of the ordinary pink that will... Gr...
As the Coronavirus has most of us sipping while we SIP, the wine media world has been (in lieu of our normal mode of being able to travel to experience wines directly and visit the people and places that make them) undergoing a plethora of "virtual" tastings. Personally, I'm now into double-digits on the ZOOM […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasti...
NV La Marca ‘Luminore' Prosecco Superiore (Veneto): Gets the job done. Yeah, I mean pretty much any job associated with adult beverages. $24 B+ NV Pasqua ‘Romeo and Juliet' Prosecco di Treviso (Veneto): Stylish, and stylistically on point. $18 B 2018 Peter Zemmer Pinot Grigio Alto Adige (Trentino-Alto Adige): PG that's the RD – as...
Yesterday, the first of my two new books officially became available. You can now have Wine Taster's Journal: Drink, Rate, Record, and Remember shipped right on over to you, no waiting! Technically, this is the second of my two new books, as it's the companion piece to the much longer Wine Taster's Guide: Drink and […] Grab The 1WineDude.com...
2018 Pico Maccario Lavignone Rosato (Piedmont): Like a Disney princess – both pretty and bold. $18 B+ 2016 Rocca delle Macie Ser Gioveto Chianti Classico Riserva (Tuscany): Big, burly, but ultimately true. $35 A- 2016 Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Lamuri Nero d'Avola (Sicilly): Everything here is completely delicious apart from the glass ...
The latest in the steady stream of sipping during SIP virtual tastings brings up back to longtime friend of 1WD Stu Smith, one of the masterminds behind Napa Valley's well-regarded Smith-Madrone. If you've spent any appreciable time perusing this little website, then you know that Smith is smart, verbose, and opinionated – all of which [̷...
2018 Vintage Longbottom H Sauvignon Blanc (Adelaide Hills): This is basically 99.999% pure delight. $40 A- NV Le Grand Courtage Grande Cuvee Brut Rose (France): Fans of warmer weather and chilled beverages, rejoice! $21 B+ 2019 Domaine de Cala Coteaux Varois en Provence Rose (Provence): The berries here – just like your thirst that it's [R...
Virtual (a.k.a., remote) tastings have been a thing for several years (hell, I was involved in some of the very first… daaaaannnng, remember those?!?), but they've positively (and virtually/figuratively) exploded during this time of SIP sipping. This has been a welcome surprise and a needed respite, since some of us (myself included) are unab...
2019 Donnafugata Anthilia (Sicily): Jasmine on grapefruit pith, and overachieving zing on everything. $15 B+ 2018 Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Grillo Cavallo delle Fate (Sicily): It's fond of doing a very good Riesling impersonation every so often. $18 B+ 2016 Rocca delle Macie Sergio Zingarelli Chianti Classico Gran Selezione (Chianti Classic...
While I've much still left to report on from the last Portugal jaunt, as well as the result of a flurry of remote tasting events in the wake of Covid-19 SIP sipping, I did promise to get some thoughts onto virtual paper regarding the upcoming book(s), and so… well… here they are. First, we can […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting G...
2017 Torre de Palma Tinto (Alentejo): Smoke 'em if you got 'em, and this most definitely has got 'em. $30 B+ Torre de Palma Arinto – Alvarinho (Alentejo): The flowers are white, the peaches are white, the glass is soon to be empty. $28 B+ 2018 Herdade das Servas Arinto (Alentejo): Fresh, deep, lingering, full […] Grab The 1WineDude.com...
Among the 800 hectares of property upon which Alentejo's Herdade de Coelheiros grows walnuts and cork trees sits about 50 hectares of vines. Though their history date back to the mid-1400s (as a hunting estate), those vines that source Coelheiros' modern wines were replanted over 500 years later, in 1981. That's because under Portugal's dictatorshi...
2018 Herdade do Esporao Colheita Branco (Alentejo): IS it rude if I say that I *really* like their melons in this context? $15 B+ 2018 Herdade do Esporao ‘Esporao' Reserva Branco (Alentejo): No way this much perfumed goodness should be expected under 30 clams… but there it is. $20 A- 2018 Herdade do Esporao Colheita […] Grab The ...
Portugal's Cartuxa is fairly well-known for being one of two wineries run by a wide-ranging non-profit foundation (focusing on developing the vora region culturally). It's equally well-known for being named after a monastery and having roots going back to 15th Century Jesuit monks, and still employing amphora from the 1800s. But Cartuxa is most fam...
2016 Baglio di Pianetto ‘Natyr' Insolia (Sicily): Almonds, toast, dried tropical fruits, and a penchant for giving Natural wines a good name. $NA B+ 2015 Baglio di Pianetto ‘Syraco' Syrah (Sicily): Welllll… hellooooooo there, sexy pants! $NA B+ 2014 Baglio di Pianetto ‘Viafrancia' Riserva Rosso (Sicily): Right Bank Bord'x, d...
Shiz just got very real, folks! My new book, Wine Taster's Guide: Drink and Learn with 30 Wine Tastings, is now officially available for pre-order ($14.99 for the paperback)! Shipping and whatnot begins on July 21, 2020. The Guide is the main course meal to the Wine Taster's Journal starter (the handy, portable companion which […] Grab The 1...
Holy crap!!! I am tickled pinker than a Ctes de Provence ros to tell you that the first of my two (yeah, two) upcoming books is now available for pre-order, to be released on July 7, 2020! For reasons that will be obvious from the title, Wine Taster's Journal: Drink, Rate, Record, and Remember by […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and ...
2018 Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough): Perky, pungent, pushing the exotic fruits, and getting right to the point about it. $20 B+ 2015 Neyen Espiritu de Apalta (Colchagua Valley): Dark, supple, meaty, spicy, and more alluring than most centerfolds. $68 A- NV Henriot Blanc de Blancs Brut (Champagne): Pucker the hell up, punk! $59 A- 2018 [&#...
In this edition of our sipping during the time of SIP (Samples In Progress, during Shelter In Place), we're setting the Wayback machine for 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2016, as we go back in time and into the samples pool with Napa Valley's perennially misunderstood Hesperian Wines. I was provided this in-home vertical tasting opportunity […] Grab...
NV Freixenet Prosecco Extra Dry (Veneto): Making – and quickly getting to – the fresh, tasty point. $17 B 2018 Donnafugata Sherazade Nero d'Avola (Sicily): Boldly strolling through Nero's more herbal side. $21 B+ 2018 Masseria Li Veli ‘Askos' Susumaniello (Salento): All the pepper that you need to spice up a Tuesday night. $18 B+ ...
So… about this whole "book" thing… I've got an update for ya! I'm in the final sprint to finalizing the new book. Technically, it's actually two books, which will all make more sense when I get the OK to share titles, covers, and the like. For now, the first rule of Book Club has to […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and st...
2018 Bodegas Virxe de Galir ‘Pagos del Galir' Godello Lias (Valdeorras): Basically, lightening captured in a bottle. $18 B+ NV Adriano Adami Garbel Prosecco Treviso Brut (Veneto): Instant elegance that will be gone more or less in an instant after you open it with friends. $17 B 2015 Pasqua ‘Famiglia Pasqua' Amarone della Valpolicella (...
Well… we are… WineIndustryAdvisor.com very recently reported on the release of a report titled Wine Intelligence US COVID-19 Impact Report by Wine Intelligence, who are a group of people who issue reports (mostly about wine industry-related trends). Now, I'm reporting the report of that report to you, because apparently we're in the Pos...
2018 Botromagno Rose di Lulu Murgia IGP, Puglia: Behold, the zesty, floral-laden arrival of Spring! $17 B 2018 Donnafugata ‘SurSur' Grillo (Sicily): Pink grapefruit, white flowers, & an exceedingly good attitude. $21 B+ 2018 Enrico Serafino ‘Grifo del Quartaro' (Gavi di Gavi): Delicious, refreshing, and when is Summer getting here, ...
Gotta love the modern wine biz. Despite our penchant for socialization being tampered down by the (entirely reasonable) shelter-in-place orders (courtesy of our current global pandemic), we always manage to find a way to not have to always drink alone! Last week, I was part of a cast of online wine peep characters taking part […] Grab The 1W...
NV Adriano Adami Bosco di Gica Brut (Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore): Wastes no time in getting right to the refreshing point. $20 B+ NV Astoria Extra Dry Prosecco Valdobbiadene Superiore (Veneto): We present to you, apples for daaaaayyyyys. $19 B+ 2018 Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Catarratto Antisa (Sicily): Like modernly-styled Chardonn...
Things move a bit more on rilassato side when you're dealing with Sicily. Which is the excuse that I'm employing to justify only now (a mere six months later) getting around to finishing up my disparate coverage from my last media tour there. While I don't exactly miss the act of traveling itself during this […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tastin...
2017 Anaba Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Managing to be deep without at all bragging about it. $48 A- 2017 Anaba J McK Estate Vineyard Chardonnay (Carneros): Young, figgy, toasty, and delicious. Too delicious. Like, dangerously delicious. $46 A- 2019 Anaba Ros of Grenache (Sonoma County): By not trying to be Provence, it becomes […]...
In this time of… well, intense stress and social weirdness, I'm happy to share a bit of good news. My latest for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now available; that itself isn't the good news, but the topic of that piece is: in How the Australian Wildfires has Impacted the Wine Industry, I talk […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide ...
2017 Decoy Merlot (Sonoma County): Spicy, toasty, and fairly quick to be forgotten. $18 B 2016 Dry Creek Vineyard Meritage (Sonoma County): The old codger likes his wood, but otherwise he provides delightful conversation. $30 B+ 2018 Dutton-Goldfield Green Valley Gewrztraminer (Russian River Valley): For those times when you just cannot get enough ...
Hey, remember when we used to go out and stuff? Man, that was awesome. I used to do that. Way, way, waaaaaaaay back in March. Like that time that I caught up with Robert Larson and Joel Aiken at Philly's Parc to taste through Joel's new winemaking project, Scattered Peaks. Back when we could travel, […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide a...
2011 Weingut Pfeffingen Ungsteiner Herrenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs (Pfalz): Flint, flowers, flair, and fabulousness. $65 A- 2017 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett Trocken, Mosel): Do you like limes? How about now?? Do ya like 'em NOW?!?? $26 B+ 2016 Ritual Pinot Noir (Casablanca Valley): Earthy, brambly, deep… and very m...
Well, folks… sh*t is definitely real right now. Unusually for this extrovert, I had to celebrate my birthday in self-imposed sequestered fashion, a precaution taken to help practice social distancing and hopefully do a small part in flattening the curve of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, due to the ever-expanding wine sample pool (...
NV Sanfeletto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Extra Dry (Veneto): Fun for sure, but this guy's not really in the mood to mess around, either. $19 B 2017 Alois Lageder ‘Forra' Manzoni Bianco (Dolomites): Funky, full of saline, and fantastic; bring our love of melons. $31 B+ 2016 Vietti ‘Perbacco' Langhe Nebbiolo (Piedmont): Floral f...
Now that we're all comfortably sitting at home, doing our best to save the world by watching movies and trying not to drink all of the booze too soon, you might be looking for a few more things to consume for your mental benefit, as well. To that end, I'm contributing to the Magazine section […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start...
2015 Krutzler Blaufrnkisch Reserve (Eisenberg): Long, spicy, juicy, and grippy… so stop staring already and drink it. $39 A- 2016 Weingut Weinrieder Schneiderberg Riesling Eiswein (Niedersterreich): Her citrus candy brings all the wine nerds to the yard. $NA A- 2017 Hans Tschida – Angerhof Smling 88 Trockenbeerenauslese (Burgenland): Ho...
It's not often that you get to drink wine made from a vineyard that sits in a proper tourist attraction. But that's how we roll here on 1WD when we're touring Sicily. And while it's always my pleasure to talk Sicily to people, I figured that Italy could use the extra love these days in […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start getti...
2018 Hofbauer-Schmidt "Klassik" (Weinviertel): Gruner, doing its level best Sauvignon Blanc impersonation. $NA B 2017 Weingut Ewald Gruber-Rschitz Mhlberg Grner Veltliner (Weinviertel): Maybe sporting a bit too much midriff, but you gotta love the pepper-herbs-grapefruit combo. $32 B+ 2015 Salzl Seewinkelhof Sacris Premium (Burgenland): Zeigelt tha...
Recently, I caught up with iconoclastic winemaker Adam Lee, to see what he's been up to since transitioning his well-regarded Siduri brand to Jackson Family Wines, for an interview published on the Napa Valley Wine Academy website. Adam is a great sport and an equally great interviewee, as you'll no doubt be able to quickly […] Grab The 1Win...
2017 Baumgartner Ried Zbinger Heiligenstein Riesling Reserve (Kamptal): Pure like a mountain stream, fresh like a just-cut lime, steely like a suit of armor. $NA A- 2017 Weingut Leindl Zbinger Heiligenstein Riesling (Kamptal): Seriously strong, seriously spicy, and seriously… serious. $45 A- 2017 Barbara hlzelt Heiligenstein Reserve Riesling ...
My latest piece for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now live, part of their round of winemaker features. I went big for my first interview in the series, too – I called up Stu Smith, one of the brothers behind Napa's Smith-Madrone and someone to whom speaking one's mind comes quickly, intelligently, and naturally. […] Grab The 1WineDud...
1999 Domane Wachau Freie Weingartner Achleiten Riesling Smaragd (Wachau): Insert long series of repeating mind-blown emojis here. $NA A 2012 Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Singerriedel Riesling Smaragd (Wachau): Quince, apricot, and enough energy and spices to keep you bust for a good, long while. $97 A 2017 Schloss Gobelsburg Heiligenstein Riesling Res...
Good old Austria… a land with white wines as steely, reserved, and imposingly austere as the (often slightly oversized) architectural wonders that grace its cities and towns. Let's wrap up the coverage of my Austrian media jaunt (yes, from back in May 2019… screw you, punky, I've been busy!) with a look back in time […] Grab The ...
2015 Weingut Schmelz Pichl Point Gruner Veltliner Smaragd (Wachau): This Point is on point, and focused almost to a fault – almost! $NA B+ 2017 Weingut Brandl Ried Zobringer Heiligenstein "1OTW" Riesling Reserve (Kamptal): Flinty with flair, appealing with apples, piquant with pear. $NA A- 2017 Weingut Ludwig Ehn Zobinger Heiligenstein Reserv...
"I think… we're now more precise." According to manager Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen, that's the secret behind the revitalization of Saint-Estphe's Chteau Lilian Ladouys. If Bache-Gabrielsen's name feels familiar, it's because he also manages Chteau Pdesclaux, the Pauillac property that the Lorenzetti family purchased just one year after picking ...
2015 Domaine Mouton Clos Jus Rouge (Givry Premier Cru): Multiple flavors of earthy cherries doing the funky dance. $52 B+ 2016 Pere Ventura Tresor Brut Reserva Cava (Catalonia): Green apples, served with elegance and… more green apples! $15 B 2017 Weingut Prager Achleiten Riesling Smaragd (Wachau): A veritable clinic in depth, length, and ass...
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