Category Archives: Burgundy

Wines of the Week: April 22-28

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Bill Ward

Everyday: Neither the bottle nor the website reveals which grapes comprise the 2010 Cottonwood Creek California White Table Wine ($8), and I’ll choose not to obsess despite its deliciousness. It’s spritely and clean with some heartiness from peach and melon flavors and just enough … Continue reading →

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Vintage Burgundy, offbeat zins, wine on tap and more

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Bill Ward

A few discoveries from recent vinous gatherings: • Washington vintners are taking California’s “state grape” to some interesting places. I thoroughly enjoyed two fascinating zinfandels from the Evergreen State: the “Howling Wolfe” from Thurston Wolfe and the new Two Vintners Stone Tree … Continue reading →

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Wines of the Week: Feb. 18-24

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Bill Ward

Everyday: My way better half has little or no use for rich, oaky California chardonnays, but she loves her some white Burgundy. Down that path lies financial ruin, but not if we can find more wines like the 2010 Laroche Tete de Cuvee Bourgogne … Continue reading →

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Wines of the Week: Dec. 17-23

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Bill Ward

Everyday: Back in my Navy days in Italy, I kept on reading about this wine called Lacrima Christi (“Tears of Christ”). Unfortunately, the ones I found back in the late ’70s made me go “Jayzus, that sucks.” Not anymore. The De Angelis … Continue reading →

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Nice tries finish first

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Bill Ward

I’ve long since given up aspiring to bring the “wine of the night” to a gathering of vinous acquaintances, and not just because so many of them have bigger, older and spendier cellars than mine. Where I’ve landed, aspirationally, is … Continue reading →

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Wines of the Week: Oct. 8-14

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Bill Ward

Everyday: OK, it’s shameless crossover self-promotion week: When I waxed ineloquent at my day job on what a great time it is to be buying Burgundy, the 2010 Joseph Drouhin Macon-Villages ($15) was exactly the kind of bottle I had in mind. Crisp … Continue reading →

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Wines of the Week: Aug. 13-19

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Bill Ward

Everyday: Consumers who are mostly versed in the California iterations might not even peg the Georges duBoeuf Domaine Les Chenevières Mâcon-Villages ($16) as a chardonnay. Granted, it’s more crisp, refreshing and slate-y than most any domestic chards, but the focused stone-fruit flavors and smooth … Continue reading →

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Parental (mis)guidance

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Bill Ward

So my dad died last week, and it got me to thinking about how he and my late mom might have helped me on my path to wine. They were both heavy drinkers. Legal drugs (alcohol, cigarettes and a raft of prescriptions) … Continue reading →

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Pinot envy

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Bill Ward

Summer sausage was on the menu in more ways than one last weekend when the boys gathered on the deck for Pinot Night. Amidst sharp ripostes about driver’s licenses’ listed weights and whether the wine or someone’s nose was corked, … Continue reading →

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Burgundy in the morning

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Bill Ward

Not many trade tastings are held at 9 a.m.. But I would have gotten up in time for a 5 a.m. sampling of the 2010 vintage from Bouchard Pere et Fils and William Fevre. And what a vintage. “The 2009s … Continue reading →

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