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Graffigna Malbec 2010

Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 Wine Tasting

Graffigna “Centenario” Malbec 2010 | San Juan, Argentina Malbec has taken the USA by storm over the past few years; it’s becoming this generation’s Merlot. With so many examples in varying styles coming up from Argentina — and more recently, from other areas of the globe — it’s important to me, for selfish reasons, to [...]

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Red Wine Review: Murrieta’s Well The Spur

Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 Wine Tasting

Murrieta’s Well The Spur 2008 | Livermore Valley, California Lately I’ve been spending too much time at my very awesome job, commuting, blogging elsewhere, giving baseball lessons, and doing other things in life that take me away from writing here. I took a look at my list of “drafts” and there are now two dozen [...]

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Casa Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Date: Wed, May 9, 2012 Wine Tasting

Going on 15 years now, Chile has been my “go to” for unearthing great wine values. A long time ago I discovered Casa Lapostolle’s “Cuvee Alexandre” line of wines, finding the Merlot particularly enjoyable — and fairly easy on the wallet. That said, when I happened upon this “Casa” Cabernet Sauvignon, my expectations were high [...]

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Red Wine Review: Macari Merlot Reserve 2007

Date: Sat, May 5, 2012 Wine Tasting

When I pulled this bottle off my rack I realized I also had the same wine in the 2008 vintage — so this is kind of “late”. Though, tasting the ’07 now proved that a.) it is ageable and b.) it might continue to evolve with even more cellaring. The nose is attractive, offering spice [...]

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Lousy Wine at Charity Events

Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 Wine Tasting

To start off the New Year, Jay McInerney presented his wine resolutions for 2012 in the Wall Street Journal. Among them was resolution number three: Don’t drink the wine at charity benefits. I happen to attend quite a few of these events over the course of the year. The speeches can really drag on and [...]

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Affordable Champagne and Sparkling Wines for New Year’s

Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 Wine Tasting

It’s time to ring in the New Year, and most likely you’ll do so with bubbles. But does it have to be Champagne? And does it have to be expensive? Not necessarily, as there are many, many other sparkling wines that offer the same dramatic effect of popping a cork and also please your palate [...]

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Easy Cocktails for New Year’s Eve

Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 Wine Tasting

I know, I know — this is supposed to be a wine blog, not a cocktail blog. But, one of these mixed drinks includes Prosecco among the ingredients, so that makes it relevant. Also, not everyone at your New Year’s Eve party will want to drink just wine, so here are some really easy drinks [...]

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Wines for Thanksgiving 2011

Date: Tue, Nov 22, 2011 Wine Tasting

Yes, another wine column devoted to wines suggested for your Thanksgiving feast. In the past I spent many hours in the weeks before Bird Day cooking turkey and various trimmings, and matching them with all types of wines in the hopes of finding magical pairings. After several years of this annual exercise, I’ve come to [...]

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Red Wine Review: Torres Celeste Crianza

Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2011 Wine Tasting

Miguel Torres “Celeste” Crianza Ribera del Duero 2007 | Spain No, this is not a wine made by the mixed-martial arts fighter — though it is similarly intense and packs a punch. “Celeste” Crianza is made by Miguel Torres the wine producer — a diverse family-owned company that makes wine in Spain, Chile, and California. [...]

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Wine Reviews: Big House Red and White

Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 Wine Tasting

These were sent to me as samples by a nice PR person, but it took me a long time to get around to tasting both of the “Big House” wines, mainly because I saw them as gimmicky and figured they weren’t terribly interesting. As it turned out, both wines mildly surprised me — they are [...]

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Tamas Rosato

Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 Wine Tasting

Tamas Estates Rosato Riserva 2010 | Livermore Valley, California, USA Let me premise this by stating that I don’t like the idea of using the words “Prima Classe” “Rosato” and “Riserva” on a wine produced in the United States. I understand it is Tamas trying to be cute by emulating the terms that might be [...]

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Valdivieso Wild Fermented Sauvignon Blanc

Date: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 Wine Tasting

What makes a wine “wild fermented”? Without going into too much detail, it means the winemaker chose let the wine ferment of its own accord, catalyzed by yeasts existing on the grape skins and in the winery. For those who don’t know the intricacies of winemaking, most wines — generally speaking — are fermented after [...]

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Where Did All the Posts Go?

Date: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 Wine Tasting

If you look at the post below, the date says “September 23, 2009″. Of course, that isn’t the last time I posted an article. Unfortunately, this site was hacked about two weeks ago, and as a result, a big chunk of the database was wiped out — which included about 40 or so posts from the past 9 [...]

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Complete Transparency

Date: Sun, Apr 25, 2010 Wine Tasting

If you are a frequent visitor of WineWeekly, you may have noticed there hasn’t been a post since late January. That’s been due to several reasons, but I’ll explain two in particular that had the most impact on the blog’s temporary paralysis. First off, the FTC’s guidelines concerning wine samples and bloggers sent me into a [...]

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