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-
R(osé)-E-S-P-E-C-T (Giving Modern Rosé Wine the Love It Deserves at NVWA)
Please excuse this brief interruption to your day drinking to let you know that my latest (and penultimate) piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Pouring Points is now live: What Can We Learn from the World’s Top Rosé Wines? In said op-ed, I take a look at what I perceive to be the unfair treatment…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for July 31, 2023
2015 Casanova di Neri ‘Rosso-Irrosso di Casanova di Neri’ Sant’Antimo (Tuscany): Whoa. That’s a lot of vivacity… Like battery acid levels of it. $28 B+
2015 Badia a Coltibuono ‘Roberto Stucchi RS’ Cultusboni (Chianti Classico): Still in fighting form! Maybe RS stands for Retains Freshness? $16 B
2020 Marchesi Alfieri ‘Alfiera’, Barbera d’Asti Superiore (Piedmont): This is pretty big. It’s also pretty tasty, and pretty dark (for Asti B, that is). $25 B+
All In The Family (Checking Back In With Domaine Bousquet)
Interestingly, I first met Domaine Bousquet’s Anne Bousquet the same day that I met my partner Shannon… and tasted with Domaine Bousquet again online just days before our daughter Gianna was born. So I seem to have some sort of strange, cosmic, family connection with this Argentine wine mainstay. I suppose that I am hereby…