Somm's Corner
Learn about wines, who makes them, where they come from, and get suggestions for what to try.
Shhhh … Listen. All he said was “I’m buying 300 bottles for my grandchildren and if no one else buys it then I’ll keep more” … hook, line, and sinker ... I was hooked. When the owner of a winery (who also happens to be the wine maker) makes a statement like that, well, you just shut up, listen, and pay...
And if you feel like I feel, baby … then come on …From time immemorial we’ve been eating certain foods and drinking certain things to, well, to get it on. I’ve yielded some truly phenomenal wine pairing questions over the years in this exact area and, suffice to say, I’ve even seen the results about nine months later. So, ah,...
If it is true that there ain’t no 50 cent Ferrari but there is a really good Honda (see last week’s blog on that topic) then does it also mean that there is a really good, yet expensive, Honda out there too? Or in wine terms: is there a producer of great inexpensive wine that also makes a great...
A long time ago one of my wine mentors told me, “There ain’t no 50 cent Ferrari”. If you’ve ever been around me then you know that sentiment is one of the most important things that I keep in mind when finding wines - I try to search out and find those wines that have the quality level of a...
