September - 2018

L’Originale Black Stella Rosa Winery Vintage date unknown

I did not purchase this Italian bottle of wine. Rather, it the luck-of-the-draw from a cork grab during a fund raiser. My $ 20 donation...

2016 Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon

Kirkland is a Costco in-house brand, and that’s how the corporation labels their wines. As a general rule, Kirkland wines have a quality...

2017 Daisy Pinot Grigio Bieler Family

Daisy hits the trifecta. This Pinot Grigio tastes fantastic. It has a very pretty presentation. And it is low cost. Ding. Ding. Ding. ...

2016 Nero D’avaola Cusumano Winery

The server walked our Italian red wine bottle to our table. We watched as the foil got pealed off. Then, strangely, the server twisted...

2017 Whole Cluster Pinot Noir Willamette Valley Vineyard

Willamette Valley's Whole Cluster Pinot Noir is our house wine, dating back to the mid 1990’s. There hasn't been a bad year for the...

2014 Vieilles Vignes Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Winery

2014 Vieilles Vignes Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Winery What an interesting bottle with a Bishops mitre embossed in dark glass. Plus, its label...

2017 Entwine Pinot Grigio

How much of a good wine is marketing? Wine snobs will say it is all about the wine, but follow the money. The average cost of a label...