Contributing editor Joe Pollack shares some thoughts about his experience opening a cherished bottle for this year's Open That Bottle Night. One of the great things about opening a bottle of not-so-good wine is that there's always the opportunity to-read more-
This wine was tasted for Open That Bottle Night 2011 on Palate Press: the online wine magazine. The cork was a little soft and I lost a couple centimeters of it to the bottle. This wine is definitely showing some-read more-
This wine was tasted for Open That Bottle Night 2011 on Palate Press: the online wine magazine. Jeff Lefevere, of Good Grape, shared this with me on Open That Bottle Night, and it was wonderful, and still very young. The-read more-
I had entertained the idea of starting a home vineyard on a family property within eyesight of downtown for several years. I had hesitated because I was not certain which cultivars would do well at the site. Two years ago,-read more-
2005 Domenico Aglianico, Sutter Creek Vineyard, Amador County contains 8.3% Petite Sirah from Lodi. Like the 2006, it was whole berry fermented, underwent extended maceration and spent 11 months in French and American oak. This wine offered a mature bouquet-read more-
The 2008 Terra d'Oro is 100% Aglianico from the Shenendoah Valley in Amador County. The wine was fermented in half-ton bins and was pressed directly into barrels after seven days of skin contact. It spent 16 months in 100% second-read more-
This wine was whole berry fermented, underwent 10 to 12 day maceration and spent 11 months in French and American oak. Aromas of candied cherry aromas up front suggested a little VA. The aromas of brambly blackberry and cherry had-read more-
The 2007 Cougar Aglainico is a 100% varietal wine from fruit grown at the Cougar property in the Temecula Valley. The grapes were fermented in open bin ferments using two different yeasts, spent 18 months in new and neutral American-read more-