The Cellar. Corrine Michot gave us an excellent tour of the cellar, both the “old cellar&# and the new cellar which is gorgeous and so high tech it even has “skylights&# that allow a visitor to look up at the sky through a thin film of water, as the cellar is located below the water table. The Tasting. MORE >>

1- 1999 Lopez de Heredia Bosconia $28 Grapes: Tempranillo Garnacho, Mazuelo and Graciano Rioja, Spain (wasnt showing particularly well, however, I was happy with is lots of folk identified spice and dill.) hadnt tasted it since a cellar visit in 2004 when I hated them and regretted owning any. What I was in charge of? Many thanks! MORE >>

Though the land and cellar that are Chateau Camensac have been around for nearly two hundred years, parts of the actual Chateau are quite new and its original owners would be hard-pressed to recognize it today. They would undoubtedly recognize its terroir, which borders the Saint-Julien appellation, in the commune of Saint-Laurent-Medoc. MORE >>

Obviously the vagaries of vintage quality, producer quality, terroir quality, vine age, wine making technique, and countless others make it impossible to make such a list. remember asking my friend Peter about this as we drove from one cellar tasting to another in Burgundy a little over a year ago. Wine fits in here too. Fully mature? MORE >>

can't say I got to taste what Egypt terroir is really like. He also mentioned that with the amphora there's too much focus on the cellar. Of particular joy were the 1999 Galea, honey and oxidation. The tech sheet included full discloser of oak staves and micro ox. accord that's been described as "dirty socksâ?? or "locker room.' MORE >>