A quick update to talk about some things on the book front! Firstly, an enormous THANK YOU to all of you who have supported, purchased, and reviewed my new books. You people RAWK IT. Currently, both titles have 4.8-star reviews on Amazon. Mad love, respect, and props to all of you for making that happen!!…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For November 16, 2020
2017 Gustave Lorentz Riesling Reserve (Alsace): Limes, flint, and an ability to bench press 220lbs using only acidity. $24 B+ 2018 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris (Alsace): Combining the tropical with deadly seriousness, kind of like a James Bond scene. $25 B+ 2018 A. Christmann Riesling Trocken (Pfalz): Spiking your afternoon with quince & lemon zest….
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 14 (What We Drank to Toast Democracy)
Well… in what is amounting to, put charitably, quite a year now contains one of the most well-THAT-was-quite-a-week moments arguably in U.S (world?) history. In case you haven’t heard (presumably because you’ve been fortunate enough to have been stranded on a beautiful, remote island somewhere with an almost unlimited amount of Madeira stashed in caves…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For November 9, 2020
NV Andreola ‘Col Forno – Rive del Refrontolo’ (Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore): A lot of green apples and even higher amounts of elegant fun. $24 B+ 2014 Tenuta Carretta Cannubi Riserva (Barolo): A savory, red0fruited mouthful that will stay that way many, many moons from now. $190 A- 2012 Monte Zovo Amarone della Valpolicella (Veneto):…