November 2, 2019
I learned about this wine from a review by Monica Larner, a Robert Parker's Wine Advocate stalwart who reviews Italian wine. Here’s what she had to say: [...]
November 2, 2019
This is just a marvelous wine, made with the Corvina grape, a principal element of Amarone and Valpolicella wines. Someone with a much more sensitive nose [...]
October 31, 2019
It’s called Cune because the V of the initialism used for Compania Vinicola del Norte Espana (CVNE) looks like a U, especially so because CVNE cannot be pronounced (which is why CVNE is an initialism[...]
October 13, 2019
I'm sipping from my first bottle of Ponce La Casilla 2015, and I must say it is big – but not overpowering – and truly juicy; just delightful. According to The Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutiérrez,[...]
October 8, 2019
Some of Italy’s highest-rated and most-expensive wines are “super Tuscans”; i.e., Bordeaux-like blends that typically include Sangiovese – the Italian wine staple – as well as [...]
September 27, 2019
Red-wine drinkers like Cabernet Sauvignon, especially those from just about anywhere in California (Napa and Sonoma [...]
September 23, 2019
One reviewer (Wine Spectator) lauded the wine, noting that “Dark plum and dried red berry flavors dominate this muscular red, with plenty of minty and savory accents. Medium-grained tannins [...]
September 12, 2019
Australian Shiraz wines vary all over the place. Some are just huge fruit bombs that aren’t all that bad. But some offer [...]
September 5, 2019
When Robert Parker himself labels a wine "One of the best values in Cabernet Sauvignon anywhere in the world," it's wise to pay attention. The wine in question is the Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County. [...]