Category: Wine

New and Notable: Thanksgiving Edition

It is now that special time of year where in exactly one month from now, I will look back and kick myself for having not started shopping early. Retail stores will soon change their radio stations for the season. I guess that also means it's time for holiday recommendations. If you're a last-minute kind of person ...

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:00 PM - Categories: Wine

Made For Age yet Drinkable Now - 2007 Vintage Port

The first of the 2007 Vintage Ports have hit Binny's shelves. This is big news for wine lovers. As some of the most complex, elegant and ageable wine in the world, Port always gets my attention. 2007 is the first generally declared Port vintage since the knockout 2003 vintage...

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 2:05 PM - Categories: Wine

Not Just Blending In

It was years ago – I might have even been working in a different state at the time – when this happened: I was helping a customer pick out a selection of wines, making recommendations for stuff she hadn't tried that she might like. She seemed to get more excited with each bottle...

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2 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 11:42 AM - Categories: Wine

Malbec: On the Rise

  I bought a bottle of Coppola Diamond Label Malbec on my way home last night. I don't usually drink the varietal, but I had malbec on my mind, so I figured I'd pick up a bottle.

  Ten or fifteen years ago, everybody was drinking merlot. It was easy to pronounce, and it was widely produced in a fruit-forward style. Then, the hot thing was Australian shiraz ...

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2 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:25 PM - Categories: Wine

A Question of Etiquette: Part II

  It was a couple of weeks ago when I went back to my hometown for a friend's wedding. While in town, I stopped by the house I was raised in and checked in on my parents. We all had a good time.

  But I noticed something. They have a cute little wine rack. It holds about six wine bottles....

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15 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 5:15 PM - Categories: Wine

Inexpensive Bordeaux: An Oxymoron???

Bordeaux is one of the most prestigious wine growing regions in the world. It is tough finding that inexpensive gem from Bordeaux, mainly because they are not rated by major critics. Everyone thinks red when they think about Bordeaux. The white wines, including Sauternes...

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2 comments - Posted by Jon Bernardoni at 1:30 PM - Categories: Wine

Food Pairing: At a Chinese BYO

My fiancee and I found ourselves heading to a local Chinese restaurant, popular for their delicious and modern  Asian cuisine and also their $5 corkage fee ... What wine should we take? My first recommendation for pairing with Chinese is almost always a  crisp, refreshing white (perhaps an Alsatian). On our last visit, once I realized it was a BYO place...

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:42 PM - Categories: Wine