2009 cometh, and that means it’s time to shoot through the graveyard of empty bottles pick out my favorites from this past year. The rules are the same as last year: these are my favorite five wines that I owned and drank in 2008. I’ve tasted lots more, but you know how things [...]
With all my wines now stored safely in my wine fridge (as opposed to safely in off-site storage), we’ve been drinking well at Casa de Vinotrip. Here are some notes I’ve scribbled down.
2003 Drinkward Peschon – Cabernet Sauvignon Entre Deux Meres: This wine is a cult favorite. It sells out quickly and once [...]
“How low is your net worth?” has become something of a recent social phenomenon. Just as people bragged about their (and their neighbors’) victories in the ballooing real estate market earlier this decade, people now almost celebrate how bad their 401(K) statements look. We’re at the point now where almost any story in [...]
Spirits of Mount Vernon is a nice, spacious place to sit around and enjoy the light coming in through the huge glass windows at the front of the store. No chairs to sit around in, though, so, I got on surveying the wine around the store. They have a lot of regions represented, [...]
Since unloading my bounty from wine storage last month, I haven’t had anything local to drink. Decided to change that, so I picked up the 2006 White Hall Petit Verdot from The Wine Market for $17.99.
I had a glass while cooking dinner. The wine is dark, slightly translucent deep red/purple. [...]
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