A casual tasting from a 1975 Spanna to a 2012 Favorita
A last minute offering to host some friends at the house resulted in four of us tasting through some excellent wines. With a little bit of back and forth Lou, David, and Bill settled down in my living...
View ArticleMaryland’s Way: A dinner based on historic recipes
As follow up to our recent the Picayune Creole Cook Book dinner, our second wine cookery dinner shifted focus north to Maryland. For this dinner Sudip and I were joined in the kitchen by Lou. Lou was...
View ArticleFour Northwest Wines from Jørgensen, ORR, Savage Grace, and Southard
If there is one wine store in Seattle that I make sure to visit then it is Pike & Western Wine Shop. During my most recent trip I asked Michael Teer for several recommendations. Of the Northwest...
View ArticleWines with Thanksgiving Leftovers
Lou brought a trio of bottles over to go with Thanksgiving leftovers. Coupled with a magnum of Bandol we tasted through some diverse wines. The 1997 Argyle, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley is from a...
View ArticleA generous bottle of 2013 Sineann, Abondante, Columbia Valley
I often spot the wines of Sineann in Seattle but until recently, never in Washington, DC. The 2013 Sineann, Abondante, Columbia Valley is a Bordeaux blend with a dose of Zinfandel thrown in. This is...
View ArticleI mistake Oregon Pinot Noir for Spatburgunder
Lou asked me to bring just one bottle to a blind Pinot Noir themed tasting. The weather was temperate so we started off with 2009 Pichler-Krutzler, Gruner Veltliner, Frauengarten, Wachau while we...
View ArticleA pair of Oregon Pinot Noir
If you are interested in Pinot Noir then I strongly recommend you try the 2016 Walter Scott, La Combe Verte, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley. It is best left to age for a year or two but if you are...
View ArticleA tasty pair of wines
Just a quick note for today on two other wines tasted at Sudip’s house. It is here that four of us were intrigued by the 2014 Goodfellow Family Cellars, Chardonnay, Durant Vineyard. At this stage,...
View ArticleThe well-flavored 2015 Arterberry Maresh, Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills
The 2015 Arterberry Maresh, Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills reflects long family roots in Oregon winemaking. It is not what I would call modern, being pure in fruit with ethereal flavors made even more...
View ArticlePinot Noir for every day
Andy at MacArthur Beverages is stocking on on domestic wines priced under $40 per bottle for the holiday season. The 2014 St. Innocent, Pinot Noir, Zenith Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills is one of his new...
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