George Deboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2017 December 13, 2017December 13, 2017Nick Comment As is customary this time of year, the first wine that lands is Beaujolais. Made from the Gamay grape, it has a refreshing [...]
Veuve Du Vernay Brut December 30, 2016December 22, 2016Nick Comment Cheap French Sparkling wine of dubious province is something of a dodgy proposition. Our history has shown that these wines range across the [...]
Kirkland Brut Champagne December 26, 2016December 20, 2016Nick Comment Part of the reason that I don’t cover Champagne very often on First Pour Wine is that it typically isn’t close enough to [...]
Bila-Haut Côtes Du Roussillon Villages 2013 December 22, 2016December 21, 2016Nick Comment Last minute decisions are tough, but we’re adding one more to our Holiday Wine Guide for 2016. Hailing from Roussillon, France, Bila-Haut Côtes [...]
Château de Saint Martin Grand Reserve 2015 December 17, 2016December 17, 2016Nick Comment It’s the last minute, you’re past the shipping deadlines, and you need a gift for a wine lover. What do you do? Well, [...]
Cháteau Moulin Lafitte Bordeaux 2014 December 14, 2016December 13, 2016Nick Comment Merlot! Cabernet! It’s the crux of a delicious dilemma, and one that may play out on your holiday table. How can you make [...]
Jean-Claude DeBeaune Beaujolais Nouveau 2016 November 29, 2016November 28, 2016Nick Comment Every November, on the 3rd Thursday of the month, the collective wine community loses their minds, and run to the store to grab [...]
The Abarbanel Batch 30 Unoaked Chardonnay 2012 November 28, 2016November 27, 2016Nick Comment Opening The Abarbanel Batch 30 Unoaked Chardonnay I realized that this wine wasn’t quite what I had expected. Sure, it was a Chardonnay. [...]
Gabriel Meffre Côtes Du Rhône Saint Vincent 2014 November 15, 2016November 14, 2016Nick Comment Everything we’ve covered for Thanksgiving up to this point has avoided getting too heavy. This is by design, as most people are going [...]
Carmes De Rieussec Sauternes 2013 November 6, 2016November 6, 2016Nick Comment As we wrap up Wine 301, we’ll head to dessert, and Sèmillion, with Sauternes. Sémillon Sèmillon is a fresh, clean varietal that creates [...]