Labor Day is the bittersweet holiday. Fading soon into memory go dreams both fulfilled and dashed for your favorite baseball team, your family vacation, your time with the grandkids or grandparents. Falling leaves, coming soon, signal the great harvest feasts, the coming of winter, and acknowledgement we are in the afternoon of yet another of our allotted annual treks around the sun. Continue reading “Labor Day”
Month: August 2018
Moët & Chandon 2009 Grand Vintage Rosé Champagne
Medium-deep copper, rose color; strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant, hint of vanilla on the nose; strawberry, peach, apricot, dried fig, black cherry, whole-grain toast on the palate. Continue reading “Moët & Chandon 2009 Grand Vintage Rosé Champagne”
Domaine de Bila-Haut L’esquerda Côtes du Roussillon Villages 2014
Medium purple color; plum, black cherry, raspberry, blueberry, minerality, violets, smoke on the nose; black and blue fruits, dried raspberry, olives, minerality, smoke, wet earth on the palate. Continue reading “Domaine de Bila-Haut L’esquerda Côtes du Roussillon Villages 2014”
Duchman Family Winery Montepulciano Oswald Vineyard 2015
Deep ruby color; red fruit, red plum, cherry, pipe tobacco on the nose; black cherry, sour cherry, blackberry, plum, vanilla, blackcurrant tang, spice on the palate. Continue reading “Duchman Family Winery Montepulciano Oswald Vineyard 2015”
Concha y Toro Entre Cordillera Peumo Vineyard Terrunyo Carménère Block 27 2016
Deep purple-black color; blackberry, black plum on the nose; blackberry, blueberry, cedar, plum on the palate. Continue reading “Concha y Toro Entre Cordillera Peumo Vineyard Terrunyo Carménère Block 27 2016”
J.L. Chave Sélection Mon Coeur Côtes-du-Rhône 2016
Deep ruby color; black cherry, menthol on the nose; black cherry, plum, blackcurrant, black berry, dusty black raspberry, smoke, spice on the palate. Continue reading “J.L. Chave Sélection Mon Coeur Côtes-du-Rhône 2016”
Broadley Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2016
Pale ruby color; red and black fruits, spice box on the nose; black cherry, pomegranate, cranberry, strawberry on the palate. Continue reading “Broadley Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2016”
The Farm Winery LPF Adelaida District, Paso Robles 2014
Deep ruby color; black cherry, dark fruits on somewhat bashful nose; vivid black cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, plum on the palate. Continue reading “The Farm Winery LPF Adelaida District, Paso Robles 2014”
Domaine Lafage Miraflors Blanc 2017
Light gold color; white peach, lemon, honeysuckle, citrus on the nose; peach, citrus on the palate. Continue reading “Domaine Lafage Miraflors Blanc 2017”
Synthetic wine
Perhaps coming soon to a wine shop near you, an almost-perfect copy of a high quality wine made in a laboratory using no grapes and no fermentation. Continue reading “Synthetic wine”