Chianti Classico – Firenze – Memories

The birthdays of me and my wife fall sixteen days apart; mine the fifteenth of August and her’s the thirty-first. Instead of celebrating only on our actual birthdays we have declared a two week long celebration. What does this mean in terms of wine? It means we have a great excuse to pull out some [...]

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2006 Lincourt Chardonnay

Signs one might be the parent of a 10 week old child… writing a review one month after you’ve actually had the wine. It has been several weeks, but the 2006 Lincourt Chardonnay we had is definitely worth writing about. My only previous exposure to this Santa Barbara winery came at a dinner Mark’s in Houston [...]

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2005 Bella Dry Creek Valley Syrah Lily Hill Estate

Isabell has been cooking some short ribs all day and it smells amazing. Great food calls for great wine! I just opened a wine we got on our honeymoon in Sonoma: a 2005 Bella Syrah. The wine has a meaty aroma and nice cherry vanilla tasting notes. This winery stores in a wine cave built [...]

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2006 Rochford Latitude Pinot Noir

Dinner for me and Bell: sauteed salmon with a pea and mint purée. Setting: at the house with baby Jacque (jack) watching intently as I cook Wine: we wanted a pinot with the salmon, but wanted a wine under $20. The result was a nice and soft, berry and currant infused Pinot from Australia – Rochford Latitude. [...]

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New Beginnings: A 1st Child and South African Syrah

Last week my wife Isabell and I became proud parents of our first child, a baby boy. To celebrate this grand occasion – not to mention Bell being able to have wine again – we decided to open a unique bottle we have been saving for a while now: a 2004 Gilga Syrah from South [...]

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