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https://www.redwineplease.com/greenwich-wine-and-food-festival-preview/ With the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival on the doorstep, we are already looking into the future to what’s next. In this case what’s next, along with an edition or two of Joe’s Wine Making Adventure and some wine reviews, is the Greenwich Wine and Food Festival , being held Oct 3-5, 2013. This Continue reading Greenwich Wine and Food Festival Preview https://www.redwineplease.com/898/ Once in a while you run across a wine that just over-delivers in a crazy way. This is one of those times. Below are the notes on a Nero D’avola we recently opened. Nero D’avola is a Sicilian grape and a wine that is generally pretty full bodied with bold fruit and a lot of Continue reading A Great Value Red Wine https://www.redwineplease.com/wines-of-the-week-aug-10-16/ This week we’ll review a couple of reds, both of which we like. One is clearly superior in my mind though, and is basically the same price. You may think differently, and probably will, but that’s the beauty of wine. Here they are: Wine: 2010 Estancia Cabernet Sauvignon Winery Location: Paso Robles, California Continue reading Wines of the Week – Aug 12-18, 2013 https://www.redwineplease.com/wines-of-the-week-august-5-11-2013/ This week we’ll discuss two international reds, one from Spain and one from Argentina. Tremendous values can be had in both regions, and Spain is, of course, one of our favorites. Many an excellent red has been opened from Argentina in our house as well. Chile joins Argentina in South America as major producers of Continue reading Wines of the Week – August 5-11, 2013 https://www.redwineplease.com/visit-to-saltwater-farm-vineyard-july-2013/ The last weekend in July we took Alex and headed for a day trip down to Stonington, CT. The village in Stonington is quaint, and home to some good shops and restaurants. One of our favorite restaurants is Milagro’s, which serves excellent Mexican food in a cozy atmosphere and has a great tequila selection. You Continue reading Visit to Saltwater Farm Vineyard – July 2013 https://www.redwineplease.com/two-red-wines-worth-considering-july-2013/ Here are two more reds after our brief foray into the world of whites in the last blog. These are not cut price candidates, but are from outstanding vinicultural areas and deliver some really good flavor and depth. In our opinion both are worth the money. They are: Wine: 2011 Gratallops VI de la Vila Continue reading Two Red Wines Worth Considering – July 2013 https://www.redwineplease.com/summer-white-wines-really/ We don’t often talk about white wines, mostly because we drink predominantly red and also because the name of the website is, after all, Red Wine Please. Clearly the world is full of excellent white wines as well. When we started our wine journey all those years ago it was with whites, Johannesburg Riesling to Continue reading Summer White Wines – really. https://www.redwineplease.com/wine-is-alive-and-schizophrenic/ I’ve been seriously into wine for twenty years, and have tried wines from almost every wine growing region in the world. I don’t drink the crazy expensive stuff, but do pretty well. One of the reasons I love wine is the fact that it is alive, changing from year to year and even over days Continue reading Wine is alive, and schizophrenic! https://www.redwineplease.com/another-example-of-why-i-love-great-vintage-bordeaux/ I’ve written in other blogs about my philosophy of stocking up on Bordeaux in great vintage years. Top shelf Bordeaux from the classified growths is expensive in any year, and downright ridiculously priced in great vintage years, but there are hundreds of lesser known, unclassified chateaus that produce excellent wine – especially in great vintages. Continue reading Another Example of Why I Love Great Vintage Bordeaux https://www.redwineplease.com/rioja-in-june-two-to-consider/ Over the past few weeks we have opened a few new wines, including the two riojas reviewed in this blog. Rioja is in my top five for wine regions of the world, and can produce unbelievably complex and age worthy reds. They also produce a lot of yummy values as well, and you can get Continue reading Rioja in June – Two to Consider |