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Here we’ll take a look at a 2003 St. Estephe. This wine is really ready to drink, and it doesn’t feel like it’s going to hold up a lot longer. That’s been the case with a lot of 2003 Bordeaux we’ve opened over the last year or so, but not all. Some are still going Continue reading Another 2003 Bordeaux – from St. Estephe https://www.redwineplease.com/another-excellent-hall-wine/ 
Hall has become one of the most consistent quality producers over the past few years. I remember buying Hall Cabernet four years ago for about $25 a bottle and thinking that it was a great value. You can’t buy Hall Cabernet for $25 anymore, and that’s a pity because they make really good wine across Continue reading Another Excellent Hall Wine https://www.redwineplease.com/a-decent-dolcetto-for-a-good-price/ 
Sometimes you just want a pretty good wine that goes well with food. When you’re eating something other than a big piece of meat that usually also means a wine with some decent acid and lower tannins. This Dolcetto fits the bill. It’s also very reasonably priced. While it’s certainly not my favorite wine, it Continue reading A Decent Dolcetto for a Good Price https://www.redwineplease.com/an-excellent-value-toro-red/ 
Spain produces tons of excellent value wines. You can spend some bigger bucks if you want on a high end Priorat or Rioja, but you can just as easily find some really good wine in the $10 to $20 range. This is one of those. Hailing from the Toro region, along the Duero River, this Continue reading An Excellent Value Toro Red https://www.redwineplease.com/an-good-value-vacqueras/ 
We love wines from the Rhone Valley, both the big Syrahs from the northern Rhone and the Grenache blends from the south. Here’s one of those southern Grenache based wines from the Vacqueyras AOC. We’ve opened a few of these over the past two or three years, and this was the best yet as the Continue reading A Good Value Vacqueyras https://www.redwineplease.com/something-different-a-sagrantino-di-montefalco/ 
Here’s a robust, red wine you may never have heard of. Hailing from the Umbria region of Italy, the Sagrantino grape produces a wine with power, tannin and acid. There all abundantly evident in this version. This wine has some bottle age already, but it could use a bit more. The acid is prominent, but Continue reading Something Different – a Sagrantino di Montefalco https://www.redwineplease.com/two-cabs-two-price-points-two-winners/ 
Here’s a tale of two reds, Cabernet Sauvignon to be exact. One is a little older and a lot more expensive. One is a little younger and a very nice eveyday red. There are things to like about both wines, so you won’t find much negative in these notes, just good wine. Here they are: Continue reading Two Cabs, Two Price Points, Two Winners https://www.redwineplease.com/top-five-white-wines-from-the-2014-mohegan-sun-winefest/ 
Right up front we’ll say that at any wine event we’ll taste probably two to three reds for every white we try. It’s just the way we’re wired and it’s the title of the blog, but whites are very much a part of our wine view and actually are growing to be more so as Continue reading Top Five White Wines from the 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest https://www.redwineplease.com/top-ten-red-wines-from-the-2014-mohegan-sun-winefest/ 
Here’s our Top Ten list for red wine from the recent 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest. I’ll be honest up front and say I wimped out, couldn’t make the hard decision and left in a tie for tenth, so it is really a top eleven. These were evaluated on overall quality, price (and therefore value) and Continue reading Top Ten Red Wines from the 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest https://www.redwineplease.com/two-older-wines-one-burgundy-and-a-bordeaux/ 
We love to pull older wines out of the cellar. Generally we’ve been rarely disappointed or unpleasantly surprised when opening a ten year old bottle of quality wine. There have been one or two, and then it becomes an academic exercise of noting the flavors and aromas and what time has done to ravage Continue reading Two Older Wines, One Burgundy and a Bordeaux |