I'll be sharing my top ten wine under $10 for the holiday season. Drink them, gift them, take them to a holiday party, but above all know that you don't have to be in the 1% to drink exquisite wine. First us is Tilia Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina. Being the son of an Argentine father ...
Read MoreInfographic: Best wine under $10
Check out many of my wine recommendations under $10 here in this infographic from selfstorage.com.
Read MoreWine Tasting #Haiyan Relief
Friends I wanted to reach out and appeal to our sense of global community and compassion. Very often it is easy to take my day-to-day blessings for granted, and grumble about the inconveniences and annoyances that can get under my skin around the holiday season.
Read MoreP45 Cotes Du Rhone Rose and Belated Bastille Day
Nothing in the wine world says summer quite like a dry French Rose. Very much like the season it is marketed around, I eagerly await rose’s arrival every year like a schoolboy does the month of June.
Read MoreWine for Mom
The first selection is Chateau Valcombe Ventoux Rose 2012; which honors my mother’s feminine elegance with a dry finish to match her sense of humor. This dry, estate-bottled, beautifully pink Rosé is a blend of Grenache Noir (60%), Cinsault (20%), Carignan (10%) and a touch of Clairette (10%). The vines are 40-years old on average. It is bone dry and features a refreshing and bracing acidity with a fine, long finish. It does show surprising backbone for a Rosé so this wine that will suit different kinds of Mother’s day lunches; either a picnic with soft cheeses and spring salads or at an upscale lunch of Thai food or shell fish. At $14.99 this winealso highlights another of my mother’s favorite things: A great deal.
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