Joe Roberts is a Palate Press Contributing Editor. Joe is a Certified Specialist of Wine and can be found regularly roasting wine's sacred cows (and pairing them with a robust red) at 1WineDude.com.
Hoist Nederburg's Winemaster's Reserve Pinotage in salute to the South African's efforts at the World Cup. There is a lot to like in a full-flavored, yet simple, and enjoyable glass of red wine. It's well balanced and spends some time-read more-
Wayne Kelterer is a native of Southern California where he works as an estimator in the construction industry, studies Chinese, spots famous people, hikes the trails, practices chivalry, and wanders the vineyards on the weekends. He is currently documenting his effort to-read more-
Social media has become one of the most used buzzwords of the last several years—along with Google (as a verb), subprime, death panels, friend, un-friend, tweet, and of course, blog. Wine has its own set of buzzwords, of course, from-read more-
This wine is tight and seems very young. Hidden beneath the tannins are the flavors of licorice, brambles, menthol, and wild blackberries, with elusive hints of unsweetened chocolate espresso. Whether this moderately priced wine will last long enough for the-read more-
Having met the "bad boy" himself, I think he epitomizes this wine: nicely expressed flavors of Napa, becoming even more attractive as the evening progresses. In the wine: fruit, a viney spiciness, even a hint of cocoa, and mild tannins-read more-
Quevedo is a family brand producing quality Port from vineyards they have owned for more than one hundred years. PALATE PRESS: The Online Wine Magazine asked Oscar Quevedo about their recent decisions to export their wines and to build their-read more-
Oscar Quevedo was born in 1983 in the village of S. João da Pesqueira, Douro and studied in S. João da Pesqueira and Porto, where he got a degree in economics. Then he worked as a banker in Lisbon, Geneva-read more-