GAMAY ON SALE
byDELICIOUS, LIGHT, and SUMMERY GAMAY ON SALE! If you like Gamay, if you like Beaujolais, if you like light reds, if you like summer…
France
Spring Rose Training #3
byBring on the summer! The Perrin family’s Old Farm might be their best-ever in 2017. Subtle everything, combined with liveliness. Very “south of France”,…
French Bistro Feeling for $10.95
byWhile I love the interesting flavours and nourishing feelings in semi-expensive Cotes du Rhone, some times are better satisfied with the simpler edition. Such…
DUBOEUF ON SALE
byNew World regions use technology and winemaking tricks to create easy-drinking, light red wines, but for centuries the Beaujolais region has been doing it…
Spice up your weekend
byRICH RED – think exotic/spicy It’s no surprise that this Catalan corner of France produces wines with a very gulpable, Spanish feeling. Rich, but…
French Classic Bistro Red
byRUSTIC RED – classic bistro Bellevue delivers a firm, workingman’s handshake. Dusty dry, rustic and delightfully old-fashioned – forget fruitiness, this tastes of the…
Sunday Supper Red
byLIGHT RED – Sunday supper Grange Cochard is the most earthy Beaujolais I’ve tasted in ages. Bone dry, mouth puckering, and with energy to…
On the Rhone Again!
byThis is rich, spicy, herbaceous and nourishing. As good as red wine needs to be, and as expensive as red wines should ever be….
…and now, the Bombshell
byIn sharp contrast to the previous post (Chapoutier’s ‘Bila-Haut’), this Viognier likes to put on an exotic flavor show, so look out. It’s the…