Until I received an email from my local wine shop, The Wine Thief, I didn’t know October 8-14, 2018 was International Sherry Week.[Read more]
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Weingut Knoll Riesling Loibner Federspiel Riesling 2014 – A Palate-Cleansing Riesling
Weingut Knoll Riesling, Loibner Federspiel Riesling 2014, Wachau, Austria
Tasting Note: A palate-cleansing riesling with riper fruit elements on the nose than on the palate.[Read more]
Gonzalez Byass Matusalem VORS 30 Años Sherry – An Enjoyable Palomino and Pedro-Ximenez Mix
Gonzalez Byass, Matusalem VORS 30 Años Sherry, Andalucia, Spain
Tasting Note: An enjoyable, 30-year-old sherry that is a palomino and Pedro-Ximenez mix.[Read more]
Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio 2014 – Green Pear with a Tart Finish
Livio Felluga, Pinot Grigio 2014, Collio, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Tasting Note: Pale-intensity lemon in color, this wine has an aromatic nose of green pear.[Read more]
Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Cuatro Palmas Amontillado Sherry – Like an Oloroso Sherry’s Older, Better-Looking Brother with Neatly-Manscaped Hair on its Chest
Gonzalez Byass, Tio Pepe, Cuatro Palmas Amontillado Sherry, Andalucia, Spain
Tasting Note: If you like concentrated, deep, rich oloroso sherry, this rare, four-decades old amontillado sherry is like an oloroso sherry’s older, better-looking brother with neatly-manscaped hair on its chest.[Read more]
Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco DOCG 2012 – A Nebbiolo with Grippy Tannin
Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco DOCG 2012, Piedmont Italy
Tasting Note: Pale-intensity garnet in color, this wine has a nose of red cherry fruit.[Read more]
Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Tres Palmas Fino Sherry – Fresh Fino Flavors in a Amontillado Sherry’s Clothing
Gonzalez Byass, Tio Pepe, Tres Palmas Fino Sherry, Andalucia, Spain
Tasting Note: You will likely never get the opportunity to taste a sherry like this in your life, but if you get the chance – don’t pass it up.[Read more]
Cune Viña Real Crianza Rioja 2011 – A Moderate, Pucker-Worthy Tempranillo
Cune Viña Real Crianza Rioja 2011, Spain
Tasting Note: A moderate, pucker-worthy tempranillo that presents soft red fruit.[Read more]
Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Dos Palmas Fino Sherry – The Angela Basset of Fino Sherries that Captures the Struggle Between Experience and Youth
Gonzalez Byass, Tio Pepe, Dos Palmas Fino Sherry, Andalucia, Spain
Tasting Note: An 8-year-old en rama (bottled directly from the barrel with no filtration) fino sherry that is the Angela Basset of fino sherries; it may be 8-years old but plays in a 5-year-old fino’s sandbox capturing the ever-present struggle between experience and youth in your glass.[Read more]
Fontodi Chianti Classico 2012 – A Chianti That Will Make You Pucker
Fontodi, Chianti Classico 2012, Tuscany, Italy
Tasting Note: This chianti will make you pucker – in a good way.[Read more]
