March - 2018

2015 Traminette Stone Hill Winery

Fifteen years ago, we took a Missouri wine tour through and around Herman, MO. We did not find any Norton wines to write home about. ...

Cynthiana - Date unknown St. James Winery

We are suspect of this form a Norton grape. Whatever Cyntiana is, this harvested grape was not treated well. After enjoying much of the...

2016 Lucumone Vermentino Mantellassi Vinyard

Some things are not designed to stand alone. You wouldn't wear a tie without a shirt. You wouldn't eat jelly by itself. It would be...

2012 Gattinana Travaglini Vineyard

We enjoyed this red wine from Italy, while dining in our favorite Kansas City Italian Restaurant. It proved a lighter red than other...

2015 Malbec Colome Vineyard

Here’s an interesting high mountain Argentine Malbec. Colome Vineyard brought in Malbec from other wineries. In this very bottle, wines...

2014 Chardonnay Chalk Hill Estates

Chardonnay was the first white wine where I got serious. This Sonoma County Chard is a serious one, and it has a full body. I served at...

2015 Malbec Cantena Tapata Vineyard

What’s hard to understand is how good grapes grow on mountains at high altitudes. When Juan Valdez advertises “mountain grown” coffee...

2015 Merlot Francis Ford Coppola

The guy made really good movies, but his Merlot is far less dramatic. It has good legs, and a fine deep, dark red color at first pour;...

2015 Merlot 14 Hands Winery

When I first began drinking red wine, Merlot was a god starting place. We were at a place that had Columbia Valley wines, and we ordered...

2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Chappellet Signature

I was in Lee Valentine's wine cellar looking at a 2015 Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon. I never got a chance to taste it. The...