In this latest review, I was familiar with one of the spirits brands from Montenegro Gruppo: the Amaro Montenegro was the first Amaro I ever had, in a Black Manhattan where the bartender swapped out the sweet vermouth for this dark digestif. Montenegro remains one of my favorite Amari (the plural for Amaro) to this day,…
PARK CITY – The highly anticipated Fifth Annual Park City Wine Festival, the ultimate food and wine festival that brings wine experts and epicurean lovers together every year in beautiful Park City, returns October 3-5. After its inaugural smash success last year, Wine is Blind is returning and the festival is introducing another brand new event – Rarities &…
How do you feel about Cabernet Franc wine? I go through phases of liking one varietal over another depending on the time of year, the food pairing, or as I hope in this case, that I find another maker that I fall in love with. Today the test goes to the Lang & Reed 2022…
I’ve reviewed wines from Smith-Madrone before and have always appreciated them, not only for their outstanding flavor but also because their prices have always been accessible – especially for Napa wines. In this article I will taste three from their 2019 vintage: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Riesling. Of the three I have to say it’s…
“FYI: Red wine is for drinking……white wine is for spilling…” Selmy M. about 22 years-too-youngBeing members of Joseph Phelps vineyards, like our membership at Robert Mondavi, allows for a nice discount on tried and true favorites. And come shipment time the chosen varietal becomes our house wine for a few weeks. We usually mix it…
This little bit o’ blog is about my new Wine Log program that I bought from the iTunes store (with a lot of help from Eddie as I am a technology wimp) for my iPhone (another purchase from Eddie) to record information on wine. Now I realize that if you don’t have this particular phone…
Last Saturday night, at Resorts World Las Vegas, Eddie and I covered our very first Wine Spectator Grand Tour tasting! Eyeballing this one for a while, as all the wines scored 90 points or greater – any 90-point and up wine awarded blind by Wine Spectator means a lot in my opinion – and there…
I’ve met winemaker Paul Warson a couple of times at the popular Masters of Taste event in Pasadena. In one follow up article I had written this about him, “Warson is a seasoned winemaker with roots at UC Davis. He has made wine in places such as Australia, Napa, and the Central Coast. His longest…
The last time I remember tasting Three Sticks Pinot Noir from Sonoma was during a Pinot Days event in West Los Angeles, and I believe that was well over a decade ago. So many Pinots, so little time! Fast forward to now, and recently being offered two of their 2021 Pinots for review, one from…
Not sure what made the latest Universal Whisky Experience, aka The Nth, stand out in my mind this year over other years. Maybe it’s because I’ve finally learned the names of more of the passionate people representing the brands, that I know knew so many more people in the room – including founder Mahesh Patel…