And this is particularly true with the American consumer, who is often absorbed needlessly in an over-emphasis on the particular and definitive instead of the referential and inferred (this should be entirely different topic, mostly having to do with language versus understanding, and I wheep, this is the land we live in and the language we speak.) MORE >>

La Rioja Alta is an old school producer, cellaring their wine for many years until they feel it's ready for release. The Vina Ardanza Reserva shoul cost between $25-30 upon release (but I'm sure Deetrane got a good deal). But based on this bottle, I will definitely be back. Deetrane, that's who. Wine Man, if you will. Anyway. MORE >>

So I'm going to be one of those unfashionable people who will order a Santa Maddalena (the name of the DOC), and you're going to have to just deal with it. Quite a lovely thing that they're doing, definitely worth poking around their site. In the cellar, Gilles treats the grapes and then the fermenting juice, as delicately as possible. MORE >>

I'm polite and helpful towards everyone now, even those folks you deal with in the city who are not always so friendly themselves. must say, I wish I had more of this wine in the cellar. This is definitely a good luck album people, and worth the investment. Life is really beautiful, I have to tell you. We are all miracles. MORE >>

He can't seem to help himself - even though he says he shouldn't be buying wine now, he finds himself perusing the Wine Commune acutions looking for good deals. opened it 2 hours before dinner with a few friends, and by the time people were eating, the fruit was more evident on the nose and definitely in the mouth. decent wine? MORE >>