Wine
This is not the wine review I was going to do, but since I’m still waiting, weeks later, for a distributor to call me back about a Gascon wine, I had to shift the schedule ar[...]
15 Aug 2012
I’m supposed to be above things like cute labels and clever names, but even I get suckered in every once in a while. In this case, it was the wine’s name, which evoked [...]
08 Aug 2012
Summer is squishing us here in Dallas, and we’ve been on either side of 100 degrees for a month or so. So what do I when the air conditioner runs all day and the sun hurts to[...]
01 Aug 2012
People who don’t like sweet wine dismiss Riesling because it can be sweet, while people who drink sweet wine are often confused by the various ways that riesling is made. Both of w[...]
25 Jul 2012
I don’t trust Italian pinot grigio. Since it’s a wine that people who don’t drink much wine drink, a lot of pinot grigio producers feel it’s their duty to f[...]
25 Jul 2012
This bottle could well be the future of the much-troubled French wine business. If so, the future may not be as dire as so many fear. The Little James ($12, purchased, available at[...]
18 Jul 2012
Today only, Central Market is offering a special deal for those planning to take advantage of Restaurant Week, a charity event in which high end local restaurants offer discounted [...]
16 Jul 2012
A funny thing happened on the way to the annual vinho verde review. I tasted some poorly made wine, which has never happened before, and almost didn’t do the review. The thin[...]
11 Jul 2012
Once, if you wanted an inexpensive quality bottle of wine, chances are you bought a Beaujolais. In fact, that was about the only decent cheap red wine – imported or otherwise[...]
27 Jun 2012
Let’s be straight about this: The recession, as horrible as it has been, has been great for wine prices. Nothing illustrates this better than the J Pinot Gris, which was just[...]
20 Jun 2012
