Whoooooaaaa, boy. This past March, I had the extreme fortune to have been invited to NYC’s Manhatta for a retrospective tasting of W & J Graham’s vintage Ports, celebrating that venerable Port house’s 200th anniversary. Technically, it was their 203rd anniversary, as their initial plans for recognizing their 200th were derailed by the global COVID…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for June 19, 2023
2013 Principe Corsini Tenuta Marsiliana ‘Birillo’ (Costa Toscana): Now entering a nice minty, earthy phase to house that dark fruit. $24 B+
2014 Castello di Meleto ‘Camboi’ (Toscana): Savory AF. BUT… Still sporting great, tangy red fruit action. $50 A-
2016 Tenuta di Ghizzano ‘Il Ghizzano’ (Costa Toscana): The ‘Tobacco Road’ version of a Super Tuscan red. $25 B+
W & J Graham’s 10 Year Old Tawny Port (Portugal): This is a classic for very good reasons. Consistently excellent, easy to like, rich with toasted filbert, caramel, light butterscotch, dried fig. $39 A-
Pinot Grigio, On Caffeine (Dispatch From Collio, Part 4)
Trieste, one of the major cities of Collio wine region along the Adriatic, is known as one of the coffee capitals of the world, and as Italy’s caffeine capitol in general. Steeped in history with the stuff, I know several northern Italians who would argue that, when it comes to coffee, there’s no good reason…