I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read…
“The Circle Is Now Complete” (Visiting Donnafugata in Vittoria)
I’ve spent a good amount of time getting to know (and, of course, writing about) Donnafugata, one of the largest and most important producers in Sicily. Hell, I was even present for their first-ever retrospective tasting of Ben Rye (which either makes me insanely lucky, or old, or probably both). During the previous decade+, I’ve…
Asolo Miiiiiooooooooo (Getting to Know Asolo Prosecco)
Like most Italian wine regions, just when you think you’ve got Prosecco all figured out, it smacks you upside the palate and rearranges your thinking and perceptions. At least, that’s what it did for me during a virtual media tasting tour of Asolo (“AHH-zo-low”) Prosecco Superiore, the “other” Prosecco DOCG that gets much less media…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for August 7, 2023
2019 Dow’s Vale do Bomfim (Douro): An appealing package of spicy, chewy, brambly, affordable, fruity fun. $14 B
2020 Schlink Haus Riesling (Nahe): A little simple peck on the cheek, wearing sweet lemon drop lip balm. $11 B-