Great winter sale at TwentyTwenty — including Pinots from Loring Wine Company — very sought after and difficult to find for $34 a bottle — $10 dollars off retail (if you can even find it anywhere else). Check out the Sale at TwentyTwenty.
Archive for January, 2008
Sale at TwentyTwenty Wine Merchants
Posted in Recommended, Retailers and Websites, tagged Loring Pinot, Loring Wine Company, Pinot Noir, TwentyTwenty Wine Merchants, Wine Sale on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Plumpjack Syrah 2005
Posted in California, tagged California Wine, PlumpJack, Syrah on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 2005 Syrah comes from the Stagecoach Vineyard located in the eastern hills above Oakville and Lee Hudson’s Henry Drive Vineyard in Napa Carneros — under the guidance of winemaker Anthony Biagi. DEEP purple in the glass. Nose is a little hot. VERY big, lush, ripe, opulent and fleshy. Plum, rose, licorice, chocolate and espresso [...]
2002 Val de Flores
Posted in Argentina, Recommended, tagged Argentina, Malbec, Michel Rolland on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
More evidence that Argentina continues to increase its status as a producer of great wines — and another Michel Rolland fingerprint on the Argentine hand. This wine is produced from 100% old vine (50+ years) Malbec aged 14 months in new French oak. Beautiful, dark ruby in color and a little closed on the nose [...]
2005 Newton Unfiltered Chardonnay
Posted in California, Recommended, Retailers and Websites, tagged California, Chardonnay, Newton on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This would certainly make almost anyone’s top 10 list of top California Chardonnay. Newton’s Chardonnay is unfiltered and fermented with wild yeast, native to Newton’s Carneros vineyards — still fairly small production and really a well made wine — I think the last 3 vintages have all been rated 95 or above by Parker. Parker [...]
Alfred Peet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alfred Peet, Coffee, Peet's Coffee on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was an assistant manager at a coffee shop in Santa Cruz while in college. After I graduated I was involved in a start up and oversaw all of the roasting operations. As luck would have it, one of the founders was good friends with Alfred Peet — and was able to arrange to have [...]
New 2005 Releases from Bodegas El Nido
Posted in Recommended, Retailers and Websites, Spain, Wine Makers, tagged Chris Ringland, Clio, El Nido, Spanish Wine, Wine Exchange on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just released — I would suggest you move pretty quickly as these are highly anticipated. The Wine Exchange might has the most competitive prices I have seen to date. You can also go to wine-searcher.com. These are some of the most compelling wines out of Spain. Yes, they are new world in style — and [...]
Cleveland Park Liqours
Posted in Retailers and Websites, tagged Anthony Quinn, Cleveland Park Liqours, Washington DC Wine Store, Wine Merchant on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A wine merchant with the name Anthony Quinn? You have to love it — and you have to love Tony — biggest sweetheart in the DC wine biz. Cleveland Park has a very good selection for a neighborhood wine store. The selection is also rather eclectic — they might not have all the hottest wines [...]
Bodegas Juan Gil Monastrell Jumilla 2004
Posted in Spain, Value Pick, tagged Monastrell, Mourvedre, Red Wine, Spain on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 2004 Juan Gil is produced from 45-year-old Mourvedre vines and aged for 12 months in American and French oak. There are a lot of Spanish wines at this price point ($10 to $13) that are rated well by industry press, but in my opinion this is one of the better ones. Beautiful, inky purple [...]
Patrick Lesec Selections: Châteauneuf du Pape Marquis 2000
Posted in France, Wine Makers, tagged Châteauneuf du Pape, France, Patrick Lesec on January 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Patrick Lesec states he makes great efforts to search out the finest terroirs, the best soils with old vineyards — and thus the finest sources of grapes — in each appellation. His wines receive a minimal amount of handling and processing. His goal is to produce natural wines which truly express the specific character of [...]
Michel Rolland Episode I 2005
Posted in France, Recommended, Wine Makers, tagged Argentina, Bordeaux, Chateau d'Arsac, France, Michel Rolland, Red Wine on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michel Rolland is a wine consultant (and a very expensive one at that) to more than 100 wineries in 13 countries. He is the epitome of the flying winemaker. His stylistic favorings are aligned with the of Robert Parker — so his huge fees usually deliver higher scores from Parker and increase sales. Does he [...]
2006 Clos de los Siete
Posted in Argentina, Recommended, Value Pick, Wine Makers, tagged Argentina, Clos de los Siete, Malbec, Mendoza, Michel Rolland, Red Wine, Wine Exchange on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
See previous post on this wine — I ordered it last week from the Wine Exchange in LA. I couldn’t wait to open a bottle. As noted it is 50% Malbec, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Syrah from Argentina, produced under the direction of Michel Rolland. This wine is under $15 a bottle, [...]
Le Terrazze Chaos 2000
Posted in Italy, Recommended, Wine Makers, tagged Italy, Le Marche, Le Terrazze on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Antoni Terni is the man in control at Le Terrazze. He is the grandson of the man who first planted this estate in 1882. Far from being a typical Italian winemaker, he was born in Argentina and worked as a nuclear engineer before deciding to take over the family wine business. Terni has become Le [...]
Luigi Bosca Malbec D.O.C. 2004
Posted in Argentina, tagged Argentina, Luigi Bosca, Malbec, Red Wine on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argentina has really been getting a lot of press lately (and it is also worth noting that Chile has been getting very little)……Malbec really is a quintessential ugly duckling — and I am not even sure if it qualifies as an ugly duckling — but it certainly is not given the respect it deserves — [...]
