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https://www.redwineplease.com/wines-from-thansgiving-2012/ What better way to celebrate a holiday than with family, friends and good wine? None better. So with our son home for the holiday and some friends over Thursday for dessert and the Patriots game, we opened a few bottles during the four day weekend. Some were very good and represent good value. The wines: Continue reading Wines From Thansgiving 2012 https://www.redwineplease.com/a-crazy-value-and-a-really-good-brunello/ Time for a quick blog about a couple of wines we opened after returning from Kennebunkport. One is a screaming buy, one of the best values I’ve ever come across in red wine. The other is a classic Brunello di Montalcino from an excellent vintage. Far apart on price, not as far apart on quality. Continue reading A Crazy Value Red Wine and a Really Good Brunello https://www.redwineplease.com/weekend-in-kennebunkport-maine-nov-9-12-2012/ We headed up as planned to Kennebunkport, Maine, this past weekend for an anniversary getaway. It’s been a good 10 years or so since we were there, and that was during a record cold spell on New Years day which meant we really didn’t see much. This was a chance to meander a bit around Continue reading Weekend in Kennebunkport, Maine Nov 9-12, 2012 https://www.redwineplease.com/a-value-bordeaux-and-a-little-about-the-1855-bordeaux-classification/ There is nothing we like better than finding a value wine that delivers way beyond its price point. They are all around us, you just have to ferret them out. For me, Bordeaux in great vintage years offers a very fertile field for finding killer values, since all of the properties tend to make at Continue reading A Value Bordeaux and a Little About the 1855 Bordeaux Classification https://www.redwineplease.com/hurricane-sandy-sippers/ Since we were kind of holed up in the house Monday and Tuesday while Hurricane Sandy held sway, it seemed like a good time to open a couple of the not for every day wines. They do like it when they get to come out and play, so everyone was happy. We were fortunate to Continue reading Hurricane Sandy Sippers https://www.redwineplease.com/a-tasting-at-stonington-vineyards/ On October 6, 2012, Cheri, myself and our son Alex stopped by Stonington Vineyards for a tasting. We’ve been visiting this winery since 1998. I interviewed the owner, Nick Smith, back in 1998 for my Study of the England Wine Industry, my major MBA project. Nick was very gracious and talked with me for a Continue reading A Tasting at Stonington Vineyards https://www.redwineplease.com/aglianico-anyone/ Last night we opened a bottle of 2007 Titolo. This is an Aglianico del Vulture, which I had only tried once before but took a shot at since the price seemed right and it had some pretty solid ratings. Both Cheri and I agree that this is a very, very good wine. The nose is Continue reading Aglianico Anyone? https://www.redwineplease.com/wines-of-the-week-oct-1-7-2012/ Just a quick note on a couple of wines we opened this week. First a 2009 Charles Krug Cabernet from Napa Valley. This was very good. Nice red fruit, good body and length. It’s still a little young, and the tannins will integrate with time in the bottle, or in the decanter. It was very Continue reading Wines of the Week Oct 1-7 2012 https://www.redwineplease.com/a-good-new-england-red/ We opened our last bottle of the 2008 Chamard Vineyards Merlot this weekend. This is a really good bottle of red wine from somewhere north of Long Island. It’s really not very far north of Long Island, being in Clinton near the southern coast of Connecticut, but it is a true New England winery, and Continue reading A Good New England Red https://www.redwineplease.com/first-entry-9212012/ We’ve changed the format of Red Wine Please! and moved the posts to the home page at www.redwineplease.com. A votre sante!
First Blog Post: 20 October 2012 Horizontal tasting of Pride Mountain wines. The winery and vineyards actually straddle the Napa and Sonoma county lines, so it is kind of two wineries in one. Continue reading Blog Posts Moved to Home Page |