This is the second Bodegas Borsao wine I’ve blogged in a week and I have to say that I really like what this winery produces. This wine is a blend of 75% Garnacha (Grenache) and 25% Tempranillo. I would be surprised if it saw any oak aging from it’s flavor profile. Bodegas Borsao , “Red Wine ... Natural cork closure Score: 88 Buy this wine online...

Where are my manners? I did promise... busy day at the winery, and it's going to get busier from now on. Tomorrow we get our first lot of the Rolleri Vineyard Tempranillo, source of our mainline Tempranillo. The next day...

The color is a very nice dark purple, with nice legs indicating a high alcohol content. It says 16.2% on the label. At first whiff, I smell only yeast. I think that comes from the screw top, as I’ve noticed that in the last few screw top wines that I’ve ...

... a tawny port a Grancha or Grenache and a Vermentino from Sardegna...

Grenache time. This comes from a single vineyard with 50 year old vines. Handpicked, 25% whole bunch open ferment, basket pressed then aged for 12 months in seasoned American and French oak hogsheads and barriques. Remarkable smelling wine. Intense raspberry/kirsch, florals, cocoa, baked earth and spice. On the palate flavours of raspberry sauce, cherry, flowers, leather and bitter chocolate...

This is my inaugural Wine Blog Wednesday submission and do I have a gem for all of you.  A little background on Wine Blog Wednesday, the event is on the first Wednesday of the month where the host bloger, in this case winexpression.com , sets the parameters on what wine varietal or topic those ... of different varieties, regions, and producers.  On to the wine… The wine variety chosen for Wine Blog...

Lange 2005 Pinot Noir: Holy crap. That's a good wine...

The New York Times has an excellent article [free registration required] about the whole sphere of the 100-point wine scoring system. Required reading for any wine enthusiast...

A fantastic buy at $13 a bottle, Toad Hollow's Erik's the Red is a massive, full bodied, and downright festive red wine. It is made up of 15 different grapes and may well be the perfect table wine for any occassion. It is fruity - with ripe...

The title of ‘Wine Tasting’ was a bit misleading. What Casa Ludovico held was a cuisine and wine experience. Most wine tastings are pretty similar. I expected an array of five or six wines, a few plates of bread and crackers, a bunch of people standing around talking quietly among themselves while...