FIrst Pour Wine

2009 Twisted Old Vine Zinfandel

October 24, 2011February 5, 2016Nick Comment

Vines don’t exactly have the most beautiful growing patterns. In fact, as they get older, they get a bit like hair. Rather brambly, [...]

October 23, 2011October 23, 2011Nick Comment

Hailing from New Hampshire, Smuttynose was a favorite local of our friend Jay. Of course, that’s not necessarily a reason to drink it, [...]

October 22, 2011February 5, 2016Nick 3

Ice Wine is an extremely sweet style of wine, that is prevented from being cloying by the high volume of acidity. The traditional [...]

October 20, 2011October 20, 2011Nick 2

When First Pour Wine started, many of the over 40 crowd inquired if the under $10 range would include the infamous Boone’s Farm [...]

October 19, 2011November 18, 2011Nick Comment

The Canadian’s celebrate thanksgiving a lot earlier up there. However, that doesn’t mean that they can’t enjoy a good pumpkin beer as [...]

October 18, 2011February 5, 2016Nick Comment

Old Vine is one of those terms that means next to nothing. In fact, the majority of the time it implies nothing about [...]

October 17, 2011October 30, 2015Nick Comment

For those that like their wine slight sweet, port is one of the most amazingly delicious wines for after dinner or just a [...]

October 11, 2011October 3, 2012Nick Comment

Woodchuck Private Reserve Pumpkin Cider is the sort of thing that sounds like it can only be godly. Small batch private reserve cider [...]

October 11, 2011February 5, 2016Nick Comment

What’s nice about Chile, and a lot of New World, and increasingly old world, wine regions, is the focus on experimentation. Now, there’s [...]

October 10, 2011January 14, 2016Nick Comment

South Africa is known for producing bulk wines, and while this makes the wine cheaper, it can also be a double edged sword. [...]