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2005 Chateau Lasségue

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Great year, great wine, and (for a 2005 Bordeaux) a great bargain. The color is still very dark, just starting to lose the bright brilliance of a young wine. The nose is multi-layered, deep black cherries and boysenberry, black currant and tobacco. allspice and nutmeg. It is powerful and young

2010 Chateau Tanunda Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Barossa

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Enjoy this juicy, slightly candied, and well balanced Aussie Cabernet with red meat, from burgers to ribeye. The nose shows black currant, milk chocolate, coffee, and briars. Blackberries and black cherries lead, followed by chocolate and coffee. The small amounts of shiraz and cabernet franc show, with hints of smoky

2012 Elena Walch Gewurtztraminer

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
After tasting Elena Walch’s wines with her some years ago, I have had the utmost respect for her as a winemaker. However, the samples I’ve been getting in the last few months have had a disturbing bitter note to them. This gewurtztraminer has a classic rose aroma, and a lovely gold

Wine in the aftermath of the “Great Quake”

Daniel Demers
Feature Stories
3 min read
Several weeks ago a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck outside of Napa, California, leaving many in the wine industry reeling. However, in 1906, a 7.8 magnitude quake struck with even more dire consequences for the California wine industry. After the shaking had ended, a fire erupted that literally sent half of

The fine art of not drinking wine

Simon J Woolf
Feature Stories
3 min read
  Maybe this is a problem that no self-respecting wine lover should ever have. But it can happen – you cook up a storm in the kitchen on a Monday night, your significant other looks longingly at the wine rack – and quicker than you can say “Agiorgitiko” there's an