Tag Archive | "chardonnay"

A Taste of Elegance

Monday, February 2, 2009

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A Taste of Elegance

A few more wines to get that “Taste of Elegance” in your life. 2007 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Semillon This wine sports a bright yellow-gold color and offers flavors of dried pear and apricot pit on the nose, with subtle beeswax and floral notes. Dry and focused, offering chewy orchard fruit and melon rind flavors, and picking up anise [...]

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A Tasty Trio

Monday, October 27, 2008

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A Tasty Trio

For Your Consideration: A trio of fine wines! Any one of these is a sure fire winner. Torbreck Descendant The Descendant is a single vineyard Shiraz-Viognier which, as the name implies, is a direct descendant of RunRig. It’s an old oak-aged blend of 92% Shiraz and 8% Viognier that offers up notes of blackberries, [...]

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For Your Consideration: California Does Wine!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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For Your Consideration: California Does Wine!

For Your Consideration… Cline Big Break Zinfandel 2006 This is a great California red wine. Eucalyptus mint, firm structure and exotic spice are key elements. A robust wine, the wine reveals crisp, dark wild berries, hints of dark chocolate with vanilla and spicy oak. A distinct dusty berry character (reminiscent of picking wild black berries in the [...]

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For Your Consideration: 3 Fine Wines

Friday, September 26, 2008

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For Your Consideration:  3 Fine Wines

Here's another wine that offers a unique label and taste. This California-based wine offers several varietals. From a smooth, creamy Chardonnay to the bold Syrah. The Syrah is a full bodied red with fresh blueberry flavors and a hint of vanilla and spice on the finish...

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The Joy of Evil

Monday, July 7, 2008

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The Joy of Evil

I spent the Fourth of July weekend with family and during the course of celebrating, cracked open a bottle of what's quickly becoming one of my favorite wine varietal -- Pure Evil from Australia.

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