Into the valley of Napa Rode the six hundred (ok, maybe a few less than that) Pinot to right of them, Pinot to left of them, Pinot in front of them Volley’d & thunder’d; Storm’d at with shot and shell… – with sincere apologies to Alfred, Lord Tennyson In case the title of today’s article…
Is There A New Pecking Order For Cult Napa Cabs? (Records Are Busted At Premiere Napa Valley 2011)
Is there a new pecking order for cult Napa Cabs? Well, the case could certainly be made after this past Saturday’s Premiere Napa Valley: the part-auction, part-networking-event, part-total-insanity in which small, selected barrels/lots from some of Napa’s most celebrated wine producers are auctioned off to collectors, buyers and importers, as special, once-in-a-lifetime future bottlings. The…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For February 26, 2011
99 Royal Tokaji Mezes Maly 6 Puttonyos (Tokaji): Honey, quince, white tea, orange, sultana & a little slice of nearly pure heaven. $150 A # 01 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley): A truly elegant (& fairly-priced) diamond in the purple-soaked, extracted rough of the NV $80 A # 07 Stony Hill Chardonnay (Napa Valley): Pretty,…
Heavenly Cab, Kingly Nectar And Royal Bubbly
Ok, so after all my talk of Valentine’s Day and the unauthentic splurges it generates like so many embers from a fire of burning love letters after a bitter break-up, I thought I’d go the total hypocrite route and (finally) detail the samples I cracked open on V-Day. So sue me. Whatever. NV Bollinger Brut…