Chappellet Mountain Cuvée 2013 February 6, 2016February 5, 2016Nick Comment Valentine’s Day is a special day, so what better to woo your better half, than a prestigious bottle. Hailing from Saint Helena, [...]
Tarima Monastrell 2013 February 5, 2016February 4, 2016Nick Comment When it comes to Valentine’s Day, what say’s be mine, more than flowers? Well Tarima Monastrell’s got flowers on a wine bottle (so [...]
The Velvet Devil Merlot 2013 February 1, 2016February 2, 2016Nick Comment Welcome to the start of our journey to Valentine’s Day, where we’ll be digging into some wines to make the night special, without [...]
Pindar Pythagoras January 29, 2016February 3, 2016Nick Comment Wrapping up our series on New York wine, we head to Long Island! Long Island AVAs Long Island actually has three AVAs: Long [...]
Bully Hill Baco Noir January 28, 2016January 27, 2016Nick Comment Our continued series on New York has one last stop in the Finger Lakes, and we’ll talk about two types of wine faults [...]
Hazlitt Red Cat January 26, 2016February 3, 2016Nick Comment Continuing on in our series on New York State wines, we find ourselves in the Finger Lakes. While Brotherhood claims the title of [...]
Marius by Michel Chapoutier 2014 January 22, 2016January 22, 2016Nick Comment It isn’t by accident that Michel Chapoutier is a name I remember, but rather something I owe to Jay McInerney. In his book, A Hedonist [...]
Cavalo Preto Pinot Noir 2013 January 21, 2016January 20, 2016Nick Comment As we’ve mentioned before, Pinot Noir is tricky under $10. Cavalo Preto Pinot Noir 2013 falls into this category, except that instead of [...]
Beringer Founders Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 January 20, 2016January 19, 2016Nick Comment With one of the oldest names in California, Beringer has a history that dates back all the way to 1875. In fact, it’s [...]
yellow tail Shiraz Grenache 2014 January 19, 2016January 22, 2016Nick Comment Without a doubt, I have a soft spot for yellow tail Shiraz Grenache. In college, this was my go to wine at under [...]