Wines of the Week: June 10-16
Everyday: I was only able to catch up with a visit from the esteemed-by-people-I-trust Telmo Rodriguez vicariously, and only recently did I... Read More
Linkin’ logs: 5-30-13
It’s tubin’ time, as in riding around the “series of tubes” that serves as then-Sen. Ted Stevens’ definition of the Internet: •... Read More
Hey! Syrah Night!
“This is the best corked wine I’ve ever had,” my friend Craig said, and it was as hard to argue as it... Read More
Wines of the Week: May 20-26
Everyday: OK, it’s not exactly prime season for petite sirah. But the 2010 Van Ruiten Lodi Petite Sirah ($17) is a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious... Read More
Judgment calls
I had a really swell time judging 140-plus wines at last week’s Riverside International Wine Competition. Hard to beat the combination of... Read More
Wines of the Week: April 22-28
Everyday: Neither the bottle nor the website reveals which grapes comprise the 2010 Cottonwood Creek California White Table Wine ($8), and I’ll... Read More
Wines of the Week: April 15-21
Everyday: I’m not much good at blind tastings, but I often can identify a zin from Dry Creek Valley, for its distinctive... Read More