Extremely pale pink-gold color; delicate, faint rose, strawberry, and cantaloupe on the nose; cantaloupe, red berries, strawberry, spice, pepper on the palate. Continue reading “Urban Provence UP Rosé 2017”
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Natalie MacLean
The biggest change in wine in the past 20 years did not happen in vineyards or wineries. It happened on the internet, at least in my opinion and the opinion of Natalie MacLean, the award-winning wine writer who has Canada’s largest and most popular on-line wine website with some 270,000 subscribers. Continue reading “Natalie MacLean”
Chalk Hill Estate Red Wine, Sonoma County 2016
Chalk Hill Estate Red Wine, Sonoma County 2016: Deep purple color; dark cherry, spice, toasty oak; black cherry, blackcurrant, plum, dark berries, faint note of sweet vanilla oak, chip of chocolate on the palate. Continue reading “Chalk Hill Estate Red Wine, Sonoma County 2016”
Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Fino Muy Seco Sherry, Jerez Xérès NV
Pale gold color; yeast, toasted almonds on the nose; white fruit flavors, lemon, salinity on the palate. Continue reading “Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Fino Muy Seco Sherry, Jerez Xérès NV”
Wine and refrigeration
Wine typically drinks best at five-to-thirty degrees cooler than you keep your home temperature, and five-to-twenty-five degrees warmer than your home refrigerator. What do you do to get your wine to the proper temperature? Continue reading “Wine and refrigeration”
Stemmari Hedonis Nero d’Avola Riserva Sicilia DOC 2015
Very deep ruby color; black plum, black cherry, pomegranate, French oak, fig, spice on the nose; black cherry, licorice, black plum, roasted coffee bean, tobacco, fig, pepper on the palate. Continue reading “Stemmari Hedonis Nero d’Avola Riserva Sicilia DOC 2015”
Castillo Monjardin Chardonnay El Cerezo 2017
Medium gold color with green hint; green apple, melon, white flowers, almond on the nose; apple, starfruit, tangerine, peach on the palate. Continue reading “Castillo Monjardin Chardonnay El Cerezo 2017”
B.R. Cohn Silver Label Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 2016
Medium gold color; white peach, baked apple on muted nose; white peach, baked yellow apple, starfruit, nutmeg, spice on the palate. Continue reading “B.R. Cohn Silver Label Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 2016”
La Pintada Spanish Bobal 2016
Deep ruby-black color; dark fruits on light nose; blackberry, blueberry, black plum, dried fig, pomegranate on the palate. Continue reading “La Pintada Spanish Bobal 2016”
Michael David Winery Cinsault Rosé, Lodi 2017
Medium cooper-cherry color; strawberry, guava, peach, flowers on the nose; raspberry, tart cherry, watermelon, redcurrant on the palate. Continue reading “Michael David Winery Cinsault Rosé, Lodi 2017”