As we hurtle into the new year, answers to pressing wine questions. Continue reading
Author: gusclemens
Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorées Beaujolais “Le Rosé d’Folie” 2021
Medium copper color; red fruits, pomegranate; red fruits, raspberry, watermelon, blood orange on the palate. Continue reading
Banshee Ten-of-Cups Brut California NV
Medium gold color; apple, brioche on the nose; green apple, tangerine, lemon, tropical fruit, citrus, marzipan, freshly baked bread on the palate. Continue reading
Stoller Family Estate Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2020
Medium ruby color; cherry, baking spice on the nose; Bing cherry, strawberry, minerality, citrus on the palate. Continue reading
Optimism 1-4-2023
New year. No matter if you look back on 2022 with a sigh of satisfaction or you are grovelingly thankful to survive another solar circumnavigation, time for optimism. Continue reading
Josh Prosecco DOC Rosé
Pale copper color; red berries, honeydew melon on the nose; red berries, pear, strawberry, citrus, lemon on the palate. Continue reading
McCay Cellars Grenache, Lodi 2018
Medium ruby color; raspberry, strawberry on subtle nose; raspberry, plum, strawberry, cherry, licorice, white pepper on the palate. Continue reading
Meteorological seasons 1-3-2024
It is early January. Barely into winter. Except it isn’t barely into winter if you reckon by the more rational system of “meteorological seasons.” By that measure, we are one-third-plus finished with winter. Huh? Continue reading
Calcu Futa Cabernet Sauvignon, Calchagua Valley, Chile 2016
Deep ruby color; cherry, raspberry, oak, leather on the nose; cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, red plum, peppercorn on the palate. Continue reading
La Valentina Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Rosé 2021
Medium salmon color; strawberry, cherry, blood orange on the nose; strawberry, pomegranate, cherry, watermelon, salinity on the palate. Continue reading
