My Opinion: Score: 70; Value: Poor; Price: CAD 11.95 / USD 9.68 / EUR 7.40 Australia is going to have a heard time producing a high quality Pinot Noir. This is an example that while many Aussie wines are really ...

My Opinion: Score: 65; Value: Poor; Price: CAD 9.95 / USD 8.00 / EUR 6.15 To be honest, I had expected a lot more from this one. Being a cool climate wine region, I think that Germany has a real potential to ...

My Opinion:Score: 83; Value: Excellent; Price: CAD 11.15 / USD 8.95 / EUR 7.00 Now here is a wine which is an absolutely outstanding value. Konzelmann Estate Winery’s 2002 Niagara Peninsula Pinot Noir is comparable, if not better than many ...

My Opinion: Score: 70; Value: OK; Price: CAD 9.95 / USD 8.00 / EUR 6.15 This French wine from Patriarche Pere et Fils was a hard one to rate. Its an OK wine at a good price, its ...

We’ve been waiting for this wine all summer. After the great 2004 vintage started to fade at the edges, TJ’s kept us panting for a spell, but now the heat wave has hit Sonoma County, and the 2005 is finally on the shelves to offer some chilled or maybe even ...

This Rhône quaffer features a classic Grenache nose of sage, herb de provence and cherries. With a robust nose, the wine is surprisingly thin in the mouth, with cherries, watermelon, raspberries, and a touch or barnyard. Coming after a sensation of such thiness in the mouth, the simple finish is ...

This wine has just a light fizz, not quite enough to tickle the nose as you take in the aromas of granny smith apples, kiwi, and lemon gelato, with just a wisp of Madera. (old barrels or maybe a touch of old wine blended in?) Tart green apples in the ...

Coincidentally enough, I got an email yesterday from a reader who asked to see more reviews in the under $6 category. In my reply, I pointed out the pitfall in reviewing too many of those wines, which is that as you go lower and lower on the price scale, there’s an increasingly good chance ... - the vinotemp is full and there’s no more space under the bed - so I don’t really need to go to TJ...

This wine isn’t bad as long as you don’t take a whiff. The nose offers cherries, black pepper, and tar, with more green bell pepper than I would like, as well as a whole bunch of volatile alcohol. It’s like sniffing brandy. In the mouth the wine is supple for ...

As a blogger, the vast majority of the emails I get are about wine availability, such as “Do you know where I can buy Chateau Whosis - my Trader Joes does not carry it.” Unfortunately, I have no knowledge about Trader Joes distribution and stocking, and I have no idea ...