PromisQous June 7, 2012February 5, 2016Nick Comment Blends are always interesting. They allow a multiple grapes to join forces, leverage their strengths, and create wines that have characters outside the [...]
2011 Caleo Nero d’Avola June 6, 2012February 5, 2016Nick Comment Nero d’Avola is a rustic varietal that evokes the heat of Southern Italy through their its dark and jammy depths. Almost always, they [...]
2010 Hans Schiller Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen June 5, 2012January 14, 2016Nick 1 2010 Hans Schiller Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen is a white blend that hails from the Mosel region of Germany. Renowned for it’s riesling, this area [...]
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 [...]