Category: Reviews
Wines of the Loire Valley: Muscadet
Wineries Invited to Donate Wine for Scholarships
Marita’s Vineyard: Because I’m Worth It!
While it is perfectly acceptable to buy a pricier bottle of wine as a gift for a future father-in-law or to impress the recipient with our good taste and generosity, when it comes to us? “Well,” we say, “that’s a bit more than I can afford to spend on myself.” Enough of this nonsense!
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Wine Review: Sacre Bleu Cabernet Sauvignon
“Texas the state, or Texas wines?” I ask, “I may be able to help with the first much better than the second,” hoping that he does not want a recommendation on Texas wine, because there are very few we know and love.
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Ooh La La! It’s Rue La La
We found a great place to find lower prices on fab wines. Today they are selling La Sirena, from Heidi Peterson Barrett, the “First Lady of Wine.” Barrett is a truly gifted winemaker whose wines have earned 100 points from Robert Parker, Jr., and whose 6-liter bottle of 1992 Screaming Eagle set a world record for the highest price ever paid for a single bottle of wine at the 2000 Napa Valley Wine Auction, selling for $500,000.
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