Chateau La Vielle Cure is my first experience with Fronsac. One of the Bordeaux wines, Fronsac is a hilly region of France along the Dordogne and l’Isle rivers, west of Saint Émilion.
Interestingly enough, if the appellation indicates “Appellation Canon-Fronsac Controlée”, as opposed to “Appellation Fronsac Controlée”, this means that the grapes are from Fronsac [...]
It has been a few days since my last post, but I am alive and so is this site The other night I enjoyed a wonderful Pinot Noir from Williams Selyem. This 2005 from Russian River Valley, from the Rochioli Riverblock Vineyard was quite a treat.
The color is nearly ruby red. [...]
Nestled against the Tyhrenian Sea is Tuscany, the wildly acclaimed province of Italy. Italy remains one of the worlds largest producers of wine and back in 2005, Italy produced 1/5th of the worlds entire production of wine. Today, Italy is the largest producer of wine in the world, and has more vineyards than [...]
While I was at work today one of my co-workers pointed out Gainey Vineyards. Apparently Gainey has some really high scoring wines at quite reasonable prices. I checked out some of the scores while perusing Wine Enthusiast magazine and boy howdy was he right. Apparently the 1996 Limited Selection Merlot from the [...]
Last night I posted about this ‘01 Belvedere Cabernet Sauvignon. It has held the night pretty well and still tastes fantastic. The nose still has quite a bit of fruit and the acidity levels are very low. The tannins are moderate and what really surprised me is how wonderful chocolate tasted along with the red.Ultimately [...]
Last night I decided to head down to the wine cellar and crack open a bottle of which I was not too familiar. Belvedere Winery as far as I can tell has no real presence on the internet, so finding information about older bottles can be tough. Either way, I didn’t have much [...]
I am a red drinker and I really enjoy a jammy zin, or a bold cab. More importantly, I like good wines at a bargain. One particular wine-producer which I really have come to enjoy is Rosenblum. Rosenblum is far more hit than miss. They have consistently produced highly rated bottles [...]
History
Decanters have an interesting history, and they have played a role in one fashion or another in the process of the serving wine. Ancient Rome was the place which pioneered the usage of glass as a material, and after the fall of the Roman Empire, glass production was hardly in existence, causing the majority [...]