Mezzo Mondo Negroamaro Rosso Salento IGT, 2006 |
Puglia, Italy
13.5% Alcohol/Volume
$13.85 Cdn16/20
Pretty good value for dollar. No marked varietal character but a pleasant, fairly light-bodied inexpensive quaff. Could be used more cheap...
Posted by Ron on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:57:00 PST |
Bodegas Castaño Pozuelo Reserva 2001 |
Yecla DO, Spain13.5% Alcohol/Volume$21 Cdn17/20
Yecla is in southeastern Spain relatively near the coast. The area was historically known for industrial-scale production of mediocre tannic reds for bl...
Posted by Ron on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:35:00 PST |
Upcoming Okanagan Valley Tour |
Tena and I have rented a cabin on Okanagan Lake for a week in July - we're going there with my son (Chris), daughter-in-law (Sharon*), and two grandsons (Chase and Caeden). We will be staying in Naram...
Posted by Ron on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:57:00 PST |
Cremaschi Furlotti Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 |
Maule Valley, Chile13.5% Alcohol/Volume$22 Cdn17/20
This is a very pleasant wine, and well worth drinking at the price. At the same time you would never guess it to be a cabernet sauvignon i...
Posted by Ron on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:20:00 PST |
Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz, 2005 |
Coonawarra, Australia14% Alcohol/Volume16.5/20
A good but distinctly middle-of-the-pack Aussie Shiraz ($21 in Canada). Not as good a value as the Wynns Coonawara Cabernet Sauvignon. Clear, with a deep...
Posted by Ron on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:48:00 PST |
Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz 2004 |
South Australia14% Alcohol/Volume17.5/20
A big Australian shiraz, pleasant and tummy-warming - with maybe a bit too much of an alcohol burn and the tannins still a touch rough. Otherwise, clear, with ...
Posted by Ron on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:03:00 PST |
Williamson Vineyard Syrah 2003 |
Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.A.13.5% Alcohol/Volume$17US14/20
I need to clean my desk drawers out more often. I bought this bottle from an odd old guy who runs a wine shop with his wife in Boise, Id...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:25:00 PST |
Abecela Merlot |
Oregon, U.S.A.? % Alc/Vol? Price (about $20US)17/20
What the heck, I found this short note in the same junk pile... Tena and I had this on our way back home from our road trip, having picked this up i...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:16:00 PST |
Archery Summit Premier Cuvée Pinot Noir 2005 |
Willamette Valley, Oregon13.9% Alcohol/Volume~$35 US18/20
I found this note in my pocket while getting my laundry ready, then stuck it away in a drawer - just found it tonight while cleaning up. Tena ...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:09:00 PST |
New Zealand Wine Fair, Vancouver, 1 May 2007 |
Sadly, you can only try so many wines at one fair. This event had sparkling wines, rieslings, pinot gris, gewurtztraminers, many sauvignon blancs of course, chardonnays, rosés, merlots, syrahs, a...
Posted by Ron on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:19:00 PST |
