Wine Tonite!

In addition to the new releases from Artesa I tried last week, here are some wines enjoyed this past week with a few tasting notes recorded in my CellarTracker profile.  Buddie me up!  My handle is “ethralls”: 2008 Pine Ridge Pinot Noir Forefront - Nose is muted tonite and showing some heat from the 14.1 % alc. Some notes [...]

World wine consumption is down according to this report: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97DO5IG3&show_article=1. Though, they do say that Europe appears to be a major contributor to the drop while tne New World, including the US, actually increase to some extent as purported by this report: http://tinyurl.com/cmp5mj As a matter of fact, we passed Italy in total annual wine [...]

The Nebbiolo grape derived its name from the Latin word “nebbia” meaning “fog” because it ripens so late in the fall when the Piedmont foothills are devoured by the fluffy white stuff.  But, there is nothing fluffy about the grape nor the 2003 Prinsi Barbaresco Gaia Principe.  Nebbiolo is a fairly tannic wine and often benefits [...]

A wine friend of mine, Jack, recommended this wine when we saw it pop up on one of those discount websites for almost half off normal price.  It’s the 2004 Brancaia Chianti Classico which I bought for only $20 (Jack, I saved you a bottle), but I have seen it upwards of $35 elsewhere.  This wine [...]

UPDATE (04/16/09): For more on Wine and Pizza check out this Asimov article: http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/wine-and-pizza/   Jason’s post about a Rosso from Santa Martina had me once again pining for some Italian reds.  Having started my interest in wine in Napa, it has been difficult over the recent years to stretch my palate and interest in [...]