You’ll rarely find a Virginia wine that’s six years old. Most aren’t built to age and, even f they are built to age, the bottle get popped long before they collect much dust in the cellar. I picked up the Kluge Estate New World Red after it won my BWIT at the Virginia [...]
Almost four weeks ago I set out two bottles of Selbach Riesling Dry at a party and encouraged partygoers to record their thoughts for Wine Blogging Wednesday. There was no other way to describe the effort other than FAIL.
But where there is death, there is life. The host of said party had a [...]
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Basignani sources the fruit for their “Erik’s Big Zin” Zinfandel from Lodi, California. This is a promising start for those who bellyache about Maryland wine. Their Zin is also unfiltered. You’ll get a cloudy, dense red wine in your glass and maybe some sediment. This is, as Kermit Lynch readers know, [...]
“Have you had any of the Maryland wines over there?” I asked, motioning to the shelf of 10-12 Maryland wines inside the Chesapeake Wine Company in Canton. Their selection of locals was bigger than most, and I hoped that translated into something of quality.
“I’ve had them all,” my salesperson said.
“Any of them worth it?”
She [...]
The gigantic, dark, empty Chateaux towering over the banks of the Loire River me made me feel like I was suddenly trapped in a French Horror movie. Here in our boat we had only the light of a half moon to navigate by, but it was enough to make out the endless stone walls of [...]
Alcoholic and unbalanced, giving way to aromas of nothing in particular. I was disappointed, considering this bottle retails for a little over $20. The Wife made it two sips before she poured it down the sink. We opened up something else to drink and I let a glass of the Elk Run sit out for [...]
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Picked this one up from Beltway Fine Wine for about twelve bucks to go with a stuffed chicken breast dish I was cooking up that evening. The chicken was to be stuffed with a spicy sausage concoction, and I thought the Riesling would go well with the spices in the sausage.
I ended up murdering [...]
I didn’t get to taste everything, so this isn’t a comprehensive Best In Show. We’ll just call it Best of What I Tasted.
The BWIT: 2002 Kluge Estate - New World Red. A fruit forward wine but the fruit is starting to fade as this was bottled a few years ago. This was [...]
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Visited the Virginia Wine Showcase on Sunday and had a great time. It was like going on a winery tour but without managing driving and paying tasting room fees everywhere. $25 ticket price got you access to 30-40 wineries and a bunch of other tables selling perfumes, jewelry, olive oil, and cheese. [...]
Had this at a party this past weekend. Wasn’t much there to begin with. Nothing to smell, no much to taste, just a light, purple colored drink in my glass. But, when paired up with some cheeses (Brie, especially), the wine woke up a little bit. Tasted like plum and [...]
