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Is it rude to be #social?

Simon J Woolf
Features
3 min read
Imagine this scene: you host an intimate dinner party for a few friends. The candles are lit, your best starched linen guilds the table and the guests are getting nicely oiled on your killer flirtinis. Out comes the starter – home made langoustine tortelloni served with a romesco sauce. Your guests

2008 Vietti Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Terrific bright red fruits backed by anise. Cherries, earth, black tea and a field of violets are all restrained by huge but smooth tannins demanding cellar time or enthusiastic decanting. This is jut a baby, a declassified Barolo that will be approachable in half the time of its big brothers.

2010 Medlock Ames Bell Mountain Vineyard Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Smooth and buttery, with obvious but not overwhelming wood effects. Apples and pears open on the attack, with minerality shining through on the mid-palate. Acids are high enough to offer good balance to the buttery wood. This is a very pleasant food wine. Drink with roast chicken. Recommended (88). DH

2010 Lenné “Karen’s Pommard” Pinot Noir

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose is earthy , with cherries and mocha over loam and mushrooms. On the palate it is deep, earthiness under chocolates and cherry. Acids show on the mid-palate as it brightens to add high-toned red fruits, along with a tiny cayenne-pepper tingle on the tongue. This is a very

2006 Laetitia Pinot Noir

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Mouth-feel is a great start, satiny-smooth, luxurious. Spices are the signature, peppery with a touch of hot pepper heat. Black cherry and cola lead to blackberries, all with black and white pepper in the background. n the finish the dark fruit and pepper linger. Tannins are firm, silky up front,

2011 Pepi Chenin Blanc-Viognier

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A very pleasant wine at a very pleasant price: easy to drink, pairing with a surprising number of food flavors.  Beginning with a white plum aroma, the wine is lightly fruity on the palate with an undercurrent of crisp chalkiness.  A respectable amount of acidity provides balance throughout.  Try it

2006 J Pinot Noir

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Sometimes when I’m watching a movie I see the people onscreen pour a medium-light red wine and sip it in such a satisfied way you know the wine is just perfect: not too fruity, not to dry, not too pretentious, very smooth and satisfying overall.  Well, this wine actually is