My Opinion: Score: 90; Value: GOOD; Price: CAD 47.95 / USD 38.00 / EUR 29.60 This release from the Martinborough region is a serious wine. Ata Rangi Winery shows how good and diverse Pinot Noirs from New Zealand can be. ...

The Rat checks out Sauce, a hip neighborhood eatery in San Francisco, to see how they go about building their wine list, and if you can charge corkage for Two Buck Chuck

My Opinion: Score: 78; Value: Good; Price: CAD 18.40 / USD 14.60 / EUR 11.35 Its unfortunate, but its difficult to get a really good value from a French wine outside of France. While its hard its not impossible, the ...

My Opinion: Score: 86; Value: Good; Price: CAD 34.95 / USD 28.30 / EUR 21.65 This wine comes close to showing the potential of Canada’s Niagara Region to produce very good Pinot Noirs. Inniskillin doesn’t release its Founder ...

Just a short note, I finished of the bottle today and the wine was much better today. Even though I had let it breath before drinking yesterday it appears to need that little bit extra. It was a very good wine after spending a night in the bottle ...

My Opinion: Score: 80; Value: Good; Price: CAD 22.95 / USD 18.60 / EUR 14.20 Produced by Mud House Winery, here’s another wine from New Zealand’s Marlborough region. It’s a great example of a new world Pinot Noir. ...

In drinks, Maximilien makes a French 75 (Cognac and Champagne), Sauvignon Blanc deserves some praise...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Richard Boleat Post Time: 03-24-2007 at 09:06 AM

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Todd Tucker Post Time: 02-11-2007 at 04:11 AM

We find out why oak is used, and what it does to wine.