I hear a lot about wines from Chile, but I have to say that I don't see a lot of variety offered in my small circle, which includes a few wine clubs and local grocery and liquor store. I guess... Continue...

Lured into the Priorat region, of the wine shops, by tasting amazing Priorat wines at this year's Hospice du Rhone, the Cellar Rat goes in search of bargain wines from the region...

We had a wallchart amnesty, allowing us to re-predict based on first round performances, I have Argentina in the final, rather optimistically, I have them losing to England, but if I’m going to keep ... ’s Chardonnay 2005 comes from Mendoza, in the foothills of the Andes, catching plenty of sun and being watered by the gentle meltwaters from the mountains above. It’s wonderfully romantic for a fiver, or just...

Boca Malbec 2004 Argentina, Mendoza ($4) The second bottle was a totally girly bottle of Malbec...

... and productive. Fuzion Shiraz Malbec 2007 Mendoza, Argentina From Familia Zucchardi. Sweet, pure, ripe berry ... Garnier) Terrazas Reserva Chardonnay 2006 Mendoza, Argentina From high vineyards, at 1200 m altitude ... Digging around on my sample racks recovered three Argentinean wines that I felt like trying. Two ... . Just 13% alcohol, too. 83/100 (£3.99 Somerfield) Finca Flichman Reserva Shiraz 2006 Mendoza, Argentina...

Just recently I posted about wineries going organic, and it is nice to see that wine folks out there in the industry actually read my little ol' blog here because I soon heard from the nice folks at Charles Krug... Continue...

I’m not normally a Pinot Grigio fan, although I have a friend who won’t drink anything else, so I usually have a bottle or two in stock. This one is an Estampilla Pinot Grigio 2005 from the Famatina Valley in Argentina. It’s a clear, pale yellowy green with reasonable legs. It smells fruity ... from The Sunday Times and Laithwaites it’s good value. My pinot grigio loving friend found it ‘a bit...

... at the Syracuse State Fair, the total number of wines made from European vinifera grapes - 128 - outran the sum of the 104 French-American entries and 20 wines from native labrusca grapes ... - Howard Goldberg THE Great Western Winery's 1985 vidal ice wine, an ambrosial dessert wine from ... . Their wine, from a French-American grape, is silken and rich in the scents and flavors of honey...

Combined notes from two tastings - always surprises - a few quite big - particularly Great Western ... wines - Alsace is inevitably the last guess - as it was this night - wonderful to drink - Hopkins Vidal Ice Wine - from the hills of northwestern Connecticut - rich -  thick - a weird lemony ... brulée, or simple sugar cookies. A dark brown bottle of Vidal Ice Wine 1985 from Great Western...

wines were stored As he carefully explained - they go back to the beginnings of wine-making at Penfolds and have nothing to do with the geography of the vineyards from whence the grape grow - What ... - a bit of everything - had to define - one of Jay's two - what should I get for under $10 - wines - good...