Napa Cab & Grilled Lamb

I don’t drink a lot of Napa Cab. Always on the hunt for something more interesting, it doesn’t even cross my mind to look in that aisle when I’m at a wine shop. “Point me to the Ribeira Sacra, good sir.” But a bottle of Clos Pegase Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Napa Valley was given to [...]

September 30th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes | Leave a comment.

Hess Allomi Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Hess has produced a number of bottles that have been noted as great values by the big wine publications in the past few years. When I saw this single-vineyard Napa Cab on sale at my local supermarket, I thought I’d give it a try.

Note to wineries: putting the vineyard name(s) on the bottle always [...]

July 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Uncategorized | Leave a comment.

Does This Wine Still Make Me “Smiley”?

I bought this wine on a trip to Napa/Sonoma about 5 years ago. It was my favorite wine of the trip and I splurged the $85 in the tasting room to bring home a bottle. Now if you’ve ever been on a wine country trip, I’m sure you’re familiar with the phenomenon whereby your capacity [...]

January 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes | 3 comments. Add yours.

Cork’d Tasting with Gary V in Austin

Thanks to @SummerH for the photo above

Gary Vaynerchuk made a stop in Austin recently on his book tour for Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. In addition to the three book signings he did around town that day, he and Lindsay Ronga organized a Cork’d tasting that [...]

November 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Tasting Notes | Leave a comment.
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