Wine Valentine

We began making wine tasting trips to Oregon in the mid 1990’s. One of the coastal wineries produced a “Whole Cluster” Pinot Noir. The...

Here's a bottle for your wine education. Spanish wine from organic monastrell grapes. They say its hard to balance the tannin from the...

This Spanish Garnacha is worth a repeat. It’s a pleasant red wine that fits any quiet evening: sit on the deck and watch a sun set. The...

But its good. Is it Champagne? No. It was made in California. But it is good. Is it vintage? No. I can't ever even find a date on a...

“That’s sort of odd”, I said to myself, “A Malbec from France.” I know that French winemakers produce quite good wine. But a Malbec?...

My first red wine interest was Merlot, and I have graduated to Pinot Nior. Now, I’m just getting into Malbec, which is another serious...

The stuff always begins as grape juice. The fun part is how a winemaker treats it. And Italians do some funky stuff with their grapes....

I’m on a Zinfandel kick…Zen is an ol-time traditional red. California seems to have corned the Zen wine market for the U.S.: good Zen at...

I was disappointed as soon as I cut off the top filament on the bottle’s neck; there was a composition cork. I was hoping this petie...

2011 Rioja Reserva Marques De Riscal I saw her sitting there in lace-net stocking. She was so appealing wrapped in gold mesh. So, I...