Sounds almost dirty. The customer appreciation tasting at Hinton’s Wine Store is always held the last day of their 20% off wine case sale week. The store is usually filled with enthusiastic customers, eager to stock up on their daily drinkers or filling their cellars with premium collectibles. For 2010, the theme was Pinot...
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Wednesday night, July 21st, 2010, we attended the annual blind tasting challenge held at Chris Hinton’s Bin 75 tasting room in Johns Creek. It is the mid-week event during their anniversary sale, which nets you 20% off cases of wine. You can also score some wines at 25% off solid cases. Check the website...
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When I think of Spain and red wine, I think of Tempranillo (temp-rah-NEE-yo) and Garnacha (gar-NA-chah). The first is the primary grape in Spain’s most famous region, Rioja. The latter is largely made into some of the best all purpose red wines on the planet. If Sideways had been set in Spain, Garnacha would...
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FULL DISCLOSURE: I received this as a sample from the winery. In the whole of the United States, there are only two wooden basket Coquard presses present. Both of them are owned and operated by Laetitia in the Arroyo Grande Valley, a sub-appellation of the larger and better known Central Coast AVA. What does...
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Roederer has always been a bit of a mystery to me. For the short time I’ve been drinking wine, I always found this particular product to be the rather weak link in the chain. For me, I’d rather have spent the same (often less) amount of money on their domestic tête de cuvée L’Ermitage...
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