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 them), so you can get right to the point and decide if they’re for you (or not). Cheers!
- NV Joshera Asolo Prosecco Superiore (Veneto): The texture is reserved; the overflowing blossoms of jasmine are not! $NA B+
- NV Iaya Asolo Prosecco Superiore (Veneto): As playfully fruity and inviting as its name would imply. $NA B+
- NV Vigna Rampante Extra Brut Zero (Asolo Prosecco Superiore): A rearing horse indeed, charging ahead with pure stone fruit and linear acidity. $NA B+
- 2022 Cantina Montelliana Merlot (Montello Asolo): Treads lightly, but delivers mightily on the red fruit and black olive fronts. $NA B+
- 2020 Giusti ‘Antonio’ Tenuta Aria Valentina (Rosso Veneto): Savory, sexy, spicy, and authentic take on a Bord’x-sinpired red blend. $NA A-
- 2023 Borgo Conventi Collio Friulano (Friuli-Venezia Giulia): A mineral, nutty, heady, lemony bargain. $25 A-
- 2009 Bel Casel Col Fondo Vino Frizzante (Bianco da Tavola): Biscuit, blossoms, a bounty of apples, and bodacious awesomeness. $NA A-
- 2023 Echolands Poet-Nat Sparkling Cabernet Franc (Walla Walla Valley): The kind of attempt that turns haters into true believers. $32 A-
- 2021 Echolands Blue Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Walla Walla Valley): Deliciously gorgeous. Or gorgeously delicious. Doesn’t matter, take your pick! $44 A-
- 2020 American Wine Project ‘Rivals’ LaCrosse (Wisconsin): Elevating this American hybrid to new levels of stone fruit excellence. $28 A-