Archive for July, 2007
Wolf Blass Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Yellow Label 2004 wine review by (PB)
This deep purple from down under is 70% Shiraz and 30% Cabernet. It shows lots of color with a fruit bomb bouquet.In the mouth that wine is popularly made with loads of black cherry fruit galore and some lingering dark fruit and perhaps some espresso. Another BIG wine from the Aussies. that wine …
Barefoot Bubbly Chardonnay Premium additional Dry N.V. wine review by (PB)
When you want a sparkler that you can just chill down and enjoy with a host of foods, you don’t have to spend a fortune but you DO have to know what NOT to buy. The market has a bunch of really cheap (like $3-$6) “sparkling wines” that are really sugary, disgusting, and just plain nasty. Still, a …
Surrey Hills and some wine
I’m slightly worried that with all these accounts of walks in the country en famille you are left with some picture of domestic idyll chez Goode. Let me exact that notion. When we announced to the boys that that we were intending to head off to the Surrey Hills for a family walk, there was severe r…
Wine from plastic…how does it taste?
Continuing the PET wine saga, I’ve posted an commentary on the main wineanorak site about technical issues to do with wine in PET here. I plus tried the two Sainsbury wines in these plastic bottles. The first was the Sauvignon Blanc. For £4.99, that is as cheap as New Zealand Sauvignon gets. It’s b…
London rain, again
It rained again today. With the odd exception - Sunday and Tuesday, and I think there was a day the previous week - it has rained every day for as towering as I remember. And we’ve only got another month of summer left. I’m beginning to feel a sense of loss. We Brits love to talk about the weather, …
PET wine bottles
PET (a type of plastic) wine bottles are in the news. There’s suddenly been a flurry of interest in the subject in the national media here in the UK. Just had a signal from Sky News who wanted me to do a live interview at 6.30 that evening (I politely declined, can’t manufacture it) along with an en…
Clos de los Siete 2006 Wine Review (NW)
Tasting notes:Concentrated nose of dark berries, black currant, and coffeeDark, rich core of fruit and herbsFinishes with heavy tannins accenting dark chocolate and herbsJust arrived! I stopped in for a bottle of the 2005 and the 2006 was already in the bin. After one glass, I’ve decided it’s not as…
Caymus Cabernet Sauvingon 2004 wine review by (PB)
Every now and again a wine comes along that defines what wine should be. You can read the blogs and mags and they always seem to point to the classic Bordeaux or some extraordinary, and essentially unobtainable, California Cabernet like Screaming Eagle. But the other night (NW) brought up a bottle…
honesty
I’m not really a cycling fan, but it has been interesting to see the coverage of that year’s Tour de France being dominated by drug testing news. In all walks of life, cheats threaten the success of the honest. With professional sport attracting the sort of profile it does, it’s vital that its house…
Walla Walla Winery IV - Balboa Winery
Hidden from view by Beresan Winery, Balboa Winery is producing what may be the best value wines in Walla Walla. Winemaker Tom Glase, a refugee from the Puget Sound area, seems to work at both wineries. All of the Balboa wines are well made and well priced. For under twenty dollars you can find the w…
