Archive for April, 2009
High Note 2007 Elevated Malbec
This wine caught my eye because of the brilliant marketing of it as being “elevated” … as if this some big deal. To be honest, I don’t have much experience with Malbecs. If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve tried less than a dozen Malbecs in the last two years.
High Note 2007 Elevated […]
Viña Alarba 2006 Old Vines Grenache & chocolate
When I first got into wine, I was obsessed with finding a good bargain. I knew there were plenty of complex and interesting wines in the $50+ price range, but I’ve always wanted to find a good wine at $8 that tastes like a $50 bottle. Last summer I stumbled across the 2005 vintage of […]
Read More..>>EOS 2005 Petite Sirah
About a month ago I found this wine at the Mustard Seed grocery store. Despite the wide selection of beers, I found their wine selection to be rather small. Certainly the Mustard Seed’s selection was more varied than your standard neighborhood grocery store, but very little shelf-space was dedicated to wine. At the time I […]
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