Or maybe your shops focus on high scoring wines, and these wines don't really feature in the publications that dole out the points. Maybe the wines are sitting right there on the shelf and you never tried them because after all, the grapes aren't always listed on the label and there are so many cuvées.where would you start? It works. MORE >>

I recently posted about blind tasting Bordeaux 2005 with Robert Parker. Last week, via the “inaugural edition&# of his monthly e-newsletter, he produced his own summation of the public tasting, which included new, “official&# scores for all the wines tasted. At the event, he had not scored any of the wines. MORE >>

There is something visibly appetizing about Girard's label. It's the tuxedo of the wine label world. Note how "Girard" is in script and the information on the label is in type. So aside from being clean and elegant, the label is also traditional. History, like beauty, is in the mind of the beholder. Elegance. MORE >>

You will find both 2005 & 2006 vintages in stock. The 2005 is selling for $12.50 Hermon" wines, but the GH Winery has a 2nd label you should all familiarize yourselves with - GAMLA. have found 2003 -2005 in stores ranging in price from about $ 13.50 The first price point you may ask about is the UNDER $10 range. MORE >>

decided that for this tasting I would score wines from 1-5 with 5 being my favorites, 1 indicating a wine that I just did not like. 2005 Eric Texier Vins de Pays O Pale , $16 - This is a sweet wine made entirely from Viognier grapes. Texier charge $95 for this bottle and label it Condrieu? hauled my butt into Manhattan (!) MORE >>