Category: Wine Reviews
2002 Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux “Cuvee Doucinello,” Vacqueyras (Rhone), France
I think I’ve really started to fall in love with the wines of Vacqueyras, in the Southern Rhone. I haven’t
Dewazakura Shuzo “Oka” Namazake Junmai Ginjo, Yamagata Prefecture
If there was a single sake that might be responsible for the fact that you now see sake on all
2003 Belle Glos “Clark & Telephone Vineyard” Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, CA
So let’s say you’re a winemaker. You have a winery. You’ve been making Cabernet for maybe 50 years. You’ve made
2004 Quinta do Alqueve Fernão Pires, Ribetejano, Portugal
Perhaps we can make this week be about fantastic wine bargains. Earlier in the week I blogged about a great
2001 Syren Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand
If you you take all the Pinot Noir winegrowing regions of the world and you subtract out all that are
2001 Ruston Family Vineyards Cabernet, St. Helena, Napa
There still are bits of authentic Napa valley tucked into the side valleys and nooks and crannies of a valley
Small Producers of France: A Tasting of Robert Kacher Selections
This entry could just have easily been entitled “eclectic little wines from France” or “the best French wines you may
San Francisco’s Gourmet Harvest: A Report From FallFest 2005
I go to a lot of big public food and wine events throughout the year. These events are different from
2002 Domaine Ramonet “Boudriotte” Premiere Cru Chassagne-Montrachet, Cote d’Or (Burgundy), France
I think everyone who loves wine should occasionally go out and buy a bottle that falls into the category of
2001 Campion Vineyards “Firepeak” Pinot Noir, Edna Valley, CA
I always admire winemakers who have a singular dedication to a particular varietal and I’m always excited to try their
The Best Sake In The World?: A Report from The Joy Of Sake Tasting
Maybe they should call it the Jostle of Sake Tasting. If anyone needed an affirmation that sake is hot right
1996 Stony Hill Semillon de Soleil, Napa
OK. I admit it. I really don’t like dessert wines. Eiswein? Forget it. Muscat? Ick. Even many Sauternes just are
1999 Királyudvar “Lapis” Late Harvest Tokaji Furmint, Tokaj, Hungary
Let me get down on my knees and pray to the gods of wine drinking. “Please, oh gods who bestow
2001 Mas de Daumas de Gassac Rouge, Hérault (Languedoc), France
By volume, staggeringly over 3 billion bottles each year, I believe the Languedoc-Roussillon to be one of the largest appellations
2003 Orin Swift Cellars “The Prisoner” Red Wine, Napa
This wine review is my entry for this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday, the global online wine tasting event where bloggers
Joy of Sake Tasting in Honolulu, San Francisco & New York, Sept 9, 15, 27, 2005
A haiku for sake: Ah. Sake. Drop of Rain touched by moonlit jasmine Always brings pleasure. OK. So I’m not
2003 CrauforD “The Highlander” Sauvignon Blanc, Napa
The CrauforD Wine Company began as a conversation over dinner. Marilyn “Mama” Crawford Anderson sat at the dinner table and
2003 Viñedos de Ithaca “Odysseus” Pedro Ximinez, Priorat, Spain
There’s nothing like a mystery to get me all riled up. For all I know it’s not really a mystery
1999 Domaine de Nizas, Coteaux De Languedoc, France
The Languedoc wine region of southeast France that straddles the bottom of a the better known region of Provence produces
