Month: December 2019

Deep purple color; peppercorn, chocolate, berries on the nose; blackberry, wild berry, coffee, cocoa, leather, tobacco on the palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; cherry, blackcurrant, spice on the nose; black cherry, plum, blackcurrant, blackberry, sage on the palate. Continue reading →

What wine do you pour for the Christmas feast? For most of the dozen years I’ve written this column the answer is—don’t pour trophy bottles. Continue reading →

Deep purple color; smokey black cherry, plum, blackcurrant, vanilla, bourbon barrel oak on the nose; plum, black cherry, blackcurrant, tobacco, leather, vanilla, caramel on the palate. Continue reading →

Medium garnet color; cherry, redcurrant on the nose; cherry, tomato, spice on the palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; red fruits, vanilla, leather on the nose; strawberry, cherry, blackberry, plum, fig, mocha on the palate. Continue reading →

Medium purple color; red plum, boysenberry, raspberry on the nose; plum, dark cherry, boysenberry, raspberry, some blackberry, chocolate on the palate. Continue reading →

Medium straw color; white fruit, flowers on the nose; honeydew, peach, guava, lilt of lime, even hint of banana on the palate. Continue reading →

Medium straw-gold color; apple, white peach, citrus on the nose; yellow apple, peach, lemon-lime, honeydew melon, citrus, minerality on the palate. Continue reading →

Wine in a can—rising fad for a couple of years. It has obvious application to summer picnics, camping adventures, boating excursions. Continue reading →