My first thought when I saw this new label was Johnny Cash's "I've Been Everywhere".  But what owner Jon Ruth meant to communicate was "casually and just for the pleasure".  The wine inside is a success viewed that way. Ramblin Red Cuvee One is 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Syrah, 22% Zinfandel, plus 2% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.  The Cab is "predominately from Paso Robles", the Syrah from...

... and Carignan found in this South African red. The similarity from a varietal perspective is the use ... earthy, food friendly red. Fairview , “Goats do Roam” Red, Western Cape, South Africa 2004 ($10 ... with earthy raspberry fruit flavors with some pepper and the slightest dusting of tannin on the finish...

More good news streaming in from the Wine Competition world; our Red Raspberry won another Gold medal at the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition . The results are here . The Cranberry also won a bronze. In my humble opinion, I find that wine competition results are much more accurate than the number system that one editor from one magazine puts on a wine. I could be biased because I...

Watch this Episode! Wines tasted in this episode: Spreadsheet courtesy of Chris Stanisci 2003 Vincent Girardin Volnay Santenots 2000 Denis Mugneret Clos De Vougeot 2003 Michael Magnien Morey St Denis Chaffot 2003 Gouges Nuits St George Clos Porrets Watch today as Gary tackles four red burgundies. Tune in today and see what Gary thinks of these four, one of the great wines...

... is simply “Cheap Red Wine”. Vintage? I couldn’t find it on the bottle. Although the bottle lacks...

"Toast and oodles of jam" - This affordable "no-brainer" casual red from Cline * sings for a song.  Cooler weather and shorter days signal the switch back to red wine season, and Zinfandel is high ... level were used for aging. Tasting Notes : Color: Deep dark candy apple red, translucent.  Aromas: Bourbon and toasty oak overlay blackberry, raspberry, apricot and black cherry fruit.  Warm...

... candy apple red translucent.  Aromas: Blackberry, raspberry, bourbon, roasty/toasty notes, oak spice ... .  The black and deep red fruit flavors reverberate in the chewy dry finish. Closure: Real cork.  Excellent...

Good lambrusco is fizzy, dry, lively and somewhat earthy.

: Concentrated red and black fuit, cassia/spice and forest floor.  Mouthfeel: Medium-to-full-bodied with very...

The distinctive label is actually a reproduction of a Nick Bantock collage.  Capolan is the name of a fictional tribe (council) of "good natured vagabonds", and apparently they represent Benham's search for the "sumptuous mysteries of Merlot".  This is definitely a good-natured Merlot, and yet another piece of evidence that ...