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Pike Creek Canadian Whisky

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Spicy, fruity, and light, this is a well-priced Canadian treat. Clear light rye spices show on the nose, with raisins and dried orange peel from the port barrels. It is surprisingly light on the palate, leading with academia nuts and almonds, dried fruit - orange peel, cranberries, raisins, and black

Vintage Ports for the 21st Century

Roger Morris
Feature Stories
4 min read
Unless you hold a degree from Oxford or Cambridge, chances are your university drinking experiences did not extend to the consumption of vintage Ports sipped on fire-lit winter’s evenings as you pored over reference texts.  Fine Ports, like youth, shouldn’t be wasted on the young getting wasted. But a word

My favorite wines of 2014

Becky Sue Epstein
Feature Stories
2 min read
I can’t tell you how many hundreds of wines I’ve tasted this year. Wait, that sounds snobby. In truth, I’m privileged to be able to sample and evaluate wines all around the world – and sometimes I even get to drink them. Evaluating wines in a region often leads to

1996 Quevedo Colheita

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A 1950's Christmas in a bottle of wine, this wine has flavors and aromas that will take you back to your childhood, so stock up for the holidays. This single vintage tawny port offers up flavors of roasted hazelnuts, crème brûlée, sandalwood, spices, figs, and sweet pipe tobacco. This was

1995 Warre’s Quinta da Cavadinha Vintage Porto

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Smoke, espresso, red fruits and herbs show on the nose. On the palate dates, nuts, and espresso give way to sweetness from dried red fruits and toffee. Sweetness lingers, with grainy tannins and a surprising pop of lavender. Chewy, rich, with layers of dessert flavors and a moderate alcohol bite,