Archive for January, 2010
Willm Reserve Riesling 2008
17 Jan 2010Place: France Price: $11.99 Aroma: Lemons, Citrus Peel Taste: Very Short Flavors Detected: Pear, Lemon Jolly Rancher I got this Riesling because I decided to make a food & wine pairing tonight – shrimp and bok choy stir-fry. The recipe recommended a citrusy, off-dry Riesling from New Zealand. The wine store had zero Rieslings from [...]
Ed Hardy Chardonnay
In: Chardonnay|White
10 Jan 2010This wasn’t as terrible as I expected
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Monte Oton Garnacha 2008
10 Jan 2010Place: Spain Price: $7.49 Aroma: Plum, Spice, Cinnamon Taste: Light to Medium Body Flavors Detected: Prune, Dark Cherry, Fig I picked up this bottle during a run to the liquor store to get some beer to steam king crab legs in. I wasn’t planning on buying any wine, but this bottle hit the wine store [...]
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- Dale Cruse: I love this wine. This past summer, during a dinner with the importer (Jorge Ordonez) I went nuts fo [...]