Dinner concluded with Chateau Pichon Longueville 2001, very black and intense, with delicious notes of tobacco, vanilla bean, black current, and black licorice. Dessert was served with the delicious 5 Puttanyos 2001 Tokaji from Disznoko, AXA’s property in Hungary. Visiting Pichon Longueville. That was my room). Perfect Berries. MORE >>

You can read more about its history by one of my favorite Internet scribes, The Wine Doctor, here [link] Dinner concluded with Chateau Pichon Longueville 2001, very black and intense, with delicious notes of tobacco, vanilla bean, black current, and black licorice. “A French insurance company owns a Chateau?&# The Control Room. MORE >>

To kill time I visit or window shop the shops at the station and sometimes get awful lucky by finding a great deal. This past week-end was one of those days and that great deal was in a wine shop. One of the most difficult time's I have on a short vacation is waiting for the train to take me home. Drink now or through the next 5 years." MORE >>

About two years ago I found a special deal on a gift pack of two wines from Candoni Wines. The gift pack wasn't what sold Shirley and I on the purchase, it was the label. The gift pack included a bottle of Merlot and a bottle of Pinot Grigio, of which we opened at a dinner dance held during my annual military reunion. First, the label. MORE >>

So testy he was ready to do anything to shut me up, cut a deal, make a bargain. One of my favorite wines of the late afternoon was the 2001 Barthelemy, made with no sulfur. So testy he was ready to do anything to shut me up, cut a deal, make a bargain. Report from Sonoma. Emilion and Pomerol. Both wildly disappointing. Being St. MORE >>