2011 Kinetic Chardonnay November 16, 2012October 16, 2015Nick Comment Kinetic refers to motion, and a Chardonnay that has come all the way from France has certainly experienced a lot of motion. While [...]
2011 Grove Winery Traminette November 14, 2012October 16, 2015Nick Comment Traminette is one of those hybrid grapes that is really the search for something else leading to an interesting wine producing varietal. [...]
2011 Mendoza Station Torrontes November 13, 2012October 16, 2015Nick Comment Torrontés is Argentina’s best known white wine, and one of the more floral in the white wine world. When done correctly, torrontés sparkles [...]
2011 Kiwi Cuvée Pinot Grigio November 9, 2012October 16, 2015Nick Comment Pinot grigio is a great grape when it comes to looking for an innocuous, friendly, white wine that can pair well with a [...]
2011 Big House White November 7, 2012October 16, 2015Nick 1 Twice in the past month, a wine at a tasting has jumped up and blown my mind. The first time it was 2010 [...]
2011 Spier Pinotage November 5, 2012October 16, 2015Nick Comment Pinotage didn’t exist until 1925, when a Stellenbosch University Viticulturist (South Africa) combined it’s parents, Cinsault & Pinot Noir. After the grape [...]
2011 Nostrada Tempranillo November 2, 2012October 27, 2015Nick Comment Tarragona is one of those old world regions that has a long, interesting history. Dating back to the Roman empire, this area has [...]
2011 Chateau L’Ermitage Costières De Nîmes October 1, 2012October 27, 2015Nick Comment Roussanne is one of those grapes that’s almost always a bride’s maid, and never a bride. Which in fairness to growers, is partly [...]
2011 Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio September 18, 2012January 14, 2016Nick Comment Pinot Grigio, sometimes I buy a bottle of this for an application that doesn’t involve protein. Not the kind of wine that’s known [...]
2011 La Vuelta Torrontés June 8, 2012January 14, 2016Nick Comment Torrontés is one of those grapes that gets very little play time, and is found exclusively in certain regions of the world. Nonetheless, [...]