Month: February 2024

Wine has enjoyed quite a run. Consumption up for decades. Quality up—the best in the 8,000 year history of wine. Availability up, thanks in no small part to elimination of antediluvian restrictions on direct-to-consumer wine sales. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, cherry, plum, white pepper, earth, smoke on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby-garnet color; black cherry, plum, cherry liqueur, redcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, chocolate, sandalwood, earth on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; dark plum, black cherry, red and black currant, blackberry, mint, tobacco, leather, minerals, brown spice, baking spice, earth on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; blackberry, plum, cranberry, raspberry, black cherry, chocolate, oak spice, black peppercorn, soft minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day, the inspired capitalist fabrication of greeting card makers, florists, and chocolatiers, happens next Wednesday. Here are some notions about wine to titillate your cherished someone. Continue reading →

Deep garnet color; plum, black olive, black cherry, black currant, blackberry, raspberry, roasted tomato, balsamic vinegar, minerality, oak spices, vanilla on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Pale ruby color; cherry, cranberry, raspberry, plum, blackcurrant, strawberry, earth, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Medium gold color; peach, apricot, pear, honeysuckle, nectarine, citrus, minerality, spring flowers on the nose and palate. Continue reading →