2010 Crow Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon June 4, 2012February 5, 2016Nick Comment Does anyone else think Crow when they think wine? Personally, I don’t, but apparently the folks over at Crow Canyon do. At under [...]
2010 Muirwood “Zanetta Vineyard” Reserve Chardonnay June 2, 2012January 14, 2016Nick Comment A few weeks ago, during the launch of Back to Wine Basics 2012, we stumbled across 2010 Muirwood Chardonnay. It was a wonderfully [...]
2011 Cline Viognier June 1, 2012November 22, 2015Nick Comment Viognier is a lesser known white varietal which can produce floral, musky, stonefruit driven wines with low acidity, and medium to thick bodies. [...]
il Cortigiano Extra Dry Prosecco May 31, 2012January 14, 2016Nick 1 If you’ve had something that claims to be Champange in a cocktail, there’s a good chance it’s either Cava or Prosecco. Both wines [...]
2008 The Watcher Shiraz May 26, 2012February 5, 2016Nick Comment If there was a prize for the bottle art that blew my mind last year, it definitely goes to Fetish’s V Spot Viognier. [...]
2010 Bellini Chianti May 25, 2012November 15, 2015Nick Comment Chianti is traditionally made from Sangiovese, an Italian grape which is famous throughout the Tuscany region of Italy. This grape is best known [...]
2011 Hogue Late Harvest Riesling May 24, 2012January 14, 2016Nick Comment A few days ago 2010 Hogue Late Harvest Riesling made it’s appearance on First Pour Wine to demonstrate the difference between rieslings and [...]
2010 i Vigneti di Albino Armani Pinot Grigio May 23, 2012January 14, 2016Nick Comment Pinot Grigio (or sometimes Pinot Gris), it’s somewhere between crisp, refreshing, elegant, refined, and innocuous. Pinot Grigio usually produces deeper golden wines with [...]
2009 Milton Park Shiraz May 22, 2012February 5, 2016Nick 2 Syrah, or Shiraz as it can be more commonly found as down under, is one of the other important red grapes that holds [...]
2009 Bitch Grenache May 21, 2012February 5, 2016Nick 1 Grenache, or Garnacha, is one of my favorite grapes. While it doesn’t quite have the depth of color of other larger red grapes, [...]