Tavel Chateau de Ségriès 2012

December 9, 2013

Feeling completely frazzled, she stepped in the door. The first thing she noticed was the calming strains of Kenny Burrell’s …

Giovanni Avanzi Chiaretto Garda Classico

November 27, 2013

This romantically-named Italian blend is called “wine of one night” (vino di una notte) because the peels remain in contact …

November 22, 2013

“Do you remember In the Night Kitchen?” asked Lynn. “It came out around 1970, so most of us probably had …

November 18, 2013

I am a bit gender-deviant in that I hate almost every kind of shopping. I will visit a mall only …

November 15, 2013

Even as Winter looms, I persist in drinking rosés. It helps me believe that sometime in the not-too-distant future, I …

November 10, 2013

According to Cellartrackers, 2004 Le Cloître du Chateau Prieuré Lichine is over the hill, waning, past its prime. This wine is …

November 8, 2013

It’s very tough finding a Semillon varietal where I live in the US. Wine merchants scratch their heads dubiously and …

November 5, 2013

“The quality-price relationship in wine is logarithmic, with the maximum achievable quality at about 60 euros. Thus, you could tell …

November 3, 2013

Like the Butter Chardonnay that I recently sampled, this is a California blend, but I liked it much better. (Granted …