Author: gusclemens

Deep ruby-purple color; plum, red cherry, vanilla on the nose; red plum, cherry, red and black currant on the palate. Continue reading →

Deep purple color; pomegranate, black cherry, tobacco-leather on the nose; black cherry, mocha, vanilla on the palate. Continue reading →

Thanksgiving happens tomorrow. It has been celebrated since Abraham Lincoln established it in 1863, has been on the fourth Thursday of November since 1941, so it should not come as a surprise. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; red and black fruits, pepper on the nose; plum, red cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant tang, minerality on the palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; red cherry nose; raspberry, plum, red and black cherry, hint of mocha on the palate. Continue reading →

Deep purple color; plum, spice, wet rock on the nose; blueberry, blackberry, plum, black cherry, olive on the palate. Continue reading →

Deep purple color; blackberry, smoke, oak, pepper on the nose; black fruits, blackberry, raspberry, plum, vanilla, spice on the palate. Continue reading →

With Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus feasts coming, we visit mass-market, easy-on-the-wallet wines you can pour without shame, and certainly can use as second-plus bottles after you shamelessly showed off by ostentatiously opening your cellared treasure at the beginning of the meal. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; red fruit, spice, vanilla on the nose; plum, sour cherry, raspberry, red fruits, spice on the palate. Continue reading →

Inky purple-black color; black cherry, brambles, star anise on the nose; dark almost-jammy fruits, blackberry, spice, mocha on the palate. Continue reading →