This wine, from Barahonda, was recommended to us during a recent visit to Seattle’s great new Spanish/French capital hill joint, Olivar.
A blend of monastrell and cabernet sauvignon this wine is from the Yecla DO in Eastern Spain, not far from Valencia.
A couple of things I found interesting when researching the grape and place.
1. Monastrell [...]
A couple weekends ago Liz and I, with my folks, took a drive own through Oregon wine country, and made a stop at Amity Vineyards to sample their sulfur-free wines. Amity is about an hour south of Portland in the beautiful Yamhill County. Their location is an amazing southerly facing slope that looks out over the [...]
I think this might be the first Merlot to make the wine of the week column, and its well made Washington wine.
I’m sure that Hestia has as great a story as they do wine and branding (great logo by the way), but I just couldn’t find it. According to their about us page [...]
For the most part I feel like a drink a pretty wide range of wines from all over the world. But last night I tried a wine from a region that I had never had before: the Gigondas of the Rhone Valley in France. And what a treat this wine was! I love big, strong, [...]
Summer days (and nights) down here in Texas are pretty warm to say the least. You might recall Emily Resling’s post on summer “patio pounder” wines - well I have one that absolutely must be added to the list. Veramonte’s 2007 Sauvignon Blanc is zesty and refreshing. It has flavors and aromas of citrus, melon [...]
Wow - Rhone sytle wines in Washington are blowing up! Last week at the Auction of Washington Wines with the Winemakers there was an entire tasting tent dedicated to Rhone Reds.
Brian Carter Byzance 2005 was one that I was able to try; a delicious Syrah/Grenache/Mourvedre blend.
According to Brian Carter: The Byzance blend is carefully crafted [...]
Another partnership from Mark Ryan and Chris Gorman? Could the guys that brought us The Ghost of 413 deliver another reasonably priced wine that offers surprising value and an interesting wine experience? Yep.
They need to work on their website and SEO, as I couldn’t find anything online for Cru Selections or Elle Project or Elle [...]
"For us, a good wine is also a pure wine. A wine made without unnecessary additives or artificial processes." - Aad and Lidewij Kuijper
We enjoyed a bottle of Mas Des Dames AOC Coteaux du Languedoc recently, at the same table as some very prominent Washington and California wines. The wine is downright tasty and real. [...]
Dry Riesling on a warm summer evening…. its a perfect combination. I’ll leave the pairing to Nick Benz, but this wine was delicious with halibut, couscous, and grilled zucchini.
Depending on who you ask, you’ll find that Riesling just may be Washington’s up and coming grape, and the future white identity of the state. A native [...]
This week’s featured wine is once again from the great winemaking state of Washington.This past Sunday, Liz and I stopped by for our first visit to Hollywood Hills. What a beautiful place to have a home and vineyard and a winery!The owner and winemaker, Steve is THE viticulture expert of the Puget Sound AVA and [...]
