Dr. Laura Catena is the managing director of Bodega Catena Zapata and often called the face of Argentinian wine. A fourth-generation vintner, she also is a magna cum laude grad from Harvard and earned a medical degree from Stanford. She practiced medicine in San Francisco for 25 years while helping run the family winery. Continue reading
Month: November 2023
Boschendal The Rose Garden Rosé Wine, Western Cape, South Africa 2022
Medium copper color; strawberry, cherry, raspberry, mulberry, watermelon, spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Tenuta di Fessina A’Puddara Etna Bianco DOC 2018
Pale gold-straw color; aromatic herbs, Meyer lemon, lime, green apple, peach, orange zest, grapefruit, saline-minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Marchesi Frescobaldi Tenuta Perano Rialzi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 2019
Deep garnet-ruby color; cherry, raspberry, strawberry, plum, blackberry, sweet balsamic, vanilla, oak, tobacco on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Ehlers Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2018
Deep purple-ruby color; plum, blackberry, dark cherry, blueberry, raspberry, black olives, chocolate, licorice, black pepper, cedar, oak, dust on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Domäne Wachau Riesling Federspiel Terrassen 2021
Medium straw color; apricot, peach, green apple, pear, citrus, lemon, honey, minerals-crushed stone on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Thanksgiving strategies 11-15-2023
Thanksgiving is the greatest of all the food-centered holidays. July Fourth is hot dogs and beer. Christmas is sugar highs and multitudinous distractions. New Years is about regrets in the cold, harsh light of the next morning. Continue reading
Funkenhausen Dry Rosé, Mendoza, Argentina 2022
Medium copper-salmon color; strawberry, watermelon, raspberry, red berries, touch of citrus, white flowers on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Domaine Bousquet Reserve Pinot Noir, Tupangato Uco Valley 2021
Pale ruby-garnet color; cherry, raspberry, strawberry, licorice, plum, cola, late minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Soter Vineyards Mineral Springs Ranch Pinot Noir 2021
Medium ruby color; cherry, raspberry, blackberry, plum, blueberry, oak hints on the nose and palate. Continue reading
