When we tasted the Hook and Ladder Pinot the other night, I was not only very impressed but there was something about it that just kind of nagged at me based on the tasting. When the wine was “revealed” it hit me. I knew exactly where Hook and Ladder was located - the southern end [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Buy Wine from Amazon
According to this Washington Post article Amazon is looking to offer wine online again. Evidently, Amazon tried it once with no success but now is working with a logistics company who specializes in interstate e-commerce. According to the author this is a good move and good timing on the part of Amazon and I certainly [...]
Are you a Pinotphile?
This month’s wine club theme was Pinot Noir only. Very timely for us, since we have just come back from our trip to Willamette Valley, which makes some wonderful Pinot’s — unfortunately the wine we brought didn’t score well. :) Robert tells us that the reason they chose Pinot Noir was because they didn’t know much [...]
Is the Reserve Really Better?
Jacob’s Creek received the Winery of the Year award from Green’s (http://www.greensbeverages.com/news-ga.shtml#jacobs), one of our local wine retailers. The other night my wife wanted to know the difference between the 2006 Jacob’s Creek Chardonnay Reserve ($9.99) vs. the plain ‘ol 2007 Jacob’s Creek Chardonnay ($4.99). So, we had a taste test with just the two of [...]
Rico… Soave
If you’re a fan of the 80’s music, like me, you might recall that one-hit (not sure it was really a hit) wonder by Gerardo… but I digress…
So, we were getting low in the wine fridge and were really hankering for something to take the edge off the Monday-back-to-work blues. On the bottom we found [...]
