I have been asked by countless people which wines I would recommend they check out for Passover, so I thought it appropriate to blog for the masses. You will find both 2005 & 2006 vintages in stock. The 2005 is selling for $12.50 have found 2003 -2005 in stores ranging in price from about $ 13.50 Galil Mountain. MORE >>

It's also an egalitarian system - the host who feels flush can select 2002 Vosne-Roman é e 1er Cru wines as the theme. We've had a great time so far but I haven't been writing about it because, frankly, who wants to invite someone for dinner knowing that the dinner and wine will be dissected in a forthcoming blog post? So sue me. MORE >>

That's right, I still refuse to cuss on this blog even if I write cusswords in my wine notes. also liked the 2005 Cantina Terlano Sauvignon Quartz , a lively and energetic wine with good acidity and length, and pretty good balance for a wine of 14% alcohol. But I've been persuaded to just do it anyway, to tell you what I thought. MORE >>

read about Montevertine in Eric Asimov's NY Times blog and as I often am when reading his blog, I was immediately sold. 2002 Pian del Ciampolo was in stores until a few months ago and it was graceful, light bodied, but pretty intense wine. Fuller bodied than the 2002, intense smokey cherry and leather flavors, very earthy. MORE >>

But then Peter Liem in his truly excellent blog Besotted Ramblings and Other Drivel wrote about Damien Laureau's Savennières in his February 9, 2008 post (to which I cannot seem to create a link), calling it the finest example of Savennières from 2005. 2005 was a very good year in Savennières, as it was in most of France. MORE >>