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We love port wine, always have and always will. While I lean toward older tawnies and well aged vintage ports, there are other options such as Ruby and White Port which are worth considering. Port wine is made in many places, although the quintessential ports are from the Douro Valley in Portugal. You can spend Continue reading Two Great Value Port Wines for Christmas Celebrations (or anytime) Please follow and like us:   
 
I remember someone called Sam I Am from my childhood (courtesy of Dr. Seuss), who repeatedly asked another individual if they liked Green Eggs and Ham. That other person declared he did not, and stuck to that story for a very long time before reluctantly trying the odd colored egg and pork dish. In the Continue reading A Wine Revelation: I Do Like Touriga Nacional! Please follow and like us:
Most people who like wine and are more than occasional cork poppers are aware that South Africa produces wine. In fact they produce quite a bit, and rank about 8th in production and world wine exports. Their vinicultural tradition goes back to the establishment of the colony , and vines from Europe were planted as Continue reading A Look at the Wines of Stellenbosch, South Africa : Some History and the Wines of Simonsig Please follow and like us:
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and Christmas soon to follow, let’s list some of the value wines we’ve encountered recently that would make good choices this holiday season. A lot of these are a bit out of the ordinary. None of these are super expensive however, topping out at around $40, and most are Continue reading Good Value Holiday Wines Please follow and like us:
If you read this blog you know there has been a lot of Portuguese wine reviewed of late. Since Fred Thurber introduced us to some of the incredible values you can find from that region we’ve been on an expedition of Portuguese wine drinking. We haven’t loved all of them, but we can say that Continue reading Portuguese Wines Take #1, #3 and #4 in Wine Spectator’s Top 100! Please follow and like us:
The 2001 Louis Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a very special wine to us. We first encountered it at the Mohegan Sun Winefest, I believe the first year of the event, when the person pouring reached down behind the counter and produced a bottle with the iconic dark red label. It was at Continue reading The Continuing Evolution of 2001 Louis Martini Monte Rosso Cabernet Please follow and like us:
We love wines from the Rhone Valley, both the north and the south. Here we journey to the southern climes of the Rhone, and the Ventoux appellation, which lies east of Chateauneuf and surrounds Gigondas and Vacqueyras to the east and south. There are many grapes grown here, but the major ones are Syrah and Continue reading Value List Southern Rhone – From Ventoux Please follow and like us:
In mid-October Portugalia Marketplace had three different distributors of Portuguese wine pouring on the same Saturday, and that was certainly something not to be missed. We’ve come to expect some great values from Portugal, and expected more treasures from this particular expedition. We weren’t disappointed. There were several wines which were excellent, especially at their Continue reading A Few More Portuguese Values from a Grand Tasting at Portugalia Marketplace Please follow and like us:
There are so many areas throughout the world producing good wine, sometimes it’s hard to keep track of them. The two wines showcased here are a prime example, produced in the Brda (pronounced beer-da) region of Slovenia near the Italian border, and providing excellent value in crisp, delicious white wine. If this is any indication Continue reading Two Great Whites – Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio From Slovenia! Please follow and like us:
With so much to do at the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival you just can’t get to all of it, but we certainly gave it our best this year. One change that helped along those lines was the move of the Saturday and Sunday seminars into the Chinese Tea House, right there on the Continue reading James Bond, Terroir and Salumi – Review of the Seminars at the 2014 Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival Please follow and like us:
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