April - 2019

2016 Meritage Wattle Creek Winery

A Meritage vs. a blend: Consuming this ’16 California Meritage was a good experience. Finding good experiences makes life the more...

2016 Old Vines Zinfandel St Francis Winery

Enjoying a glass of old vine Zinfandel is enjoyable. But sometimes bad things happen to a bottle of wine. St. Francis winery is a...

Blanc Lime La Famille Docourt

Welcome to Easter Week-end, ’19. What was the very first miracle done by Jesus? As told in the New Testament Book of John, Jesus was...

2017 Malbec Alambrado Winery

I liked it, but this young Malbec wasn’t one of my top picks. There’s an unusual nose, one that isn’t very distinctive, green fig. Now, I...

French Fire Wine Sovex Grands Châteaux

The day after the massive fire that mostly destroyed the Cathedral of Notre Dame, another large fire at a wine warehouse in South West...

2014 Le Coste Montecucco Vineyard

A Rosso Riserva from the boot of Italy must be robust. Here’s a dark, heavy grape that lingers with every sip. The Uva Di Troia grapes...

2016 Malbec San Lucas Winery

Not every bottle of wine an be a home run. What one hopes for, when uncorking a bottle, is just to get on first base: a walk, a single....

2017 Malbec Schroeder Vineyard

Argentine Malbec is most often good. I’m liking those high-altitude wine a whole bunch. This Malbec comes from Southern Argentina wine...