Archive for the 'White' Category

Tuscany, Italy

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 [...]

Gainey Merlot, Riesling and Chardonnay

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 [...]

Rombauer 2006 Carneros Chardonnay

My wife decided to cook a wonderful Chilean sea bass the other night, and the Rombauer 2006 Carneros Chardonnay I decided to pair with the meal went simply spectacular. Rombauer Vineyards’ tasting notes indicated:
“Rombauer Vineyards’ Carneros Chardonnay is rich and full-bodied with peach, apple, and mango aromas and flavors. The creamy texture of [...]