Tasting with friends: 12 Year Old Long Island wines with Lenn and company. Industry tasting : Terry Theise Grower Champagnes at the Michael Skurnik tasting. Oregon Pinot Noir : 2004 Belle Pente Murto. Or "I'm going to have to put a few of these in my cellar!" This is my 200th post here at the ol' Brooklynguy blog. MORE >>

Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. Then again maybe I just have to taste a few more and that's not a bad thing now, is it? From that day on I was a fan. MORE >>

decided to work in Oregon for the Drouhins. was a cellar worker, punching the cap, doing everything like that. BG: So one day you're in Oregon, and the next you've taken over an estate in Burgundy. When I took over in 1994 there were five vintages in the cellar! He was tasting the 1995's. Denis. JMF: Not at all. MORE >>

In the mouth, the taste was more mature than I thought it should be at it's young age, soft and mellow with a hint of chocolate. Sometimes when you least expect it, you open what may becomes your new favorite bottle of wine. Tonight I opened one of my remaining bottles of Finger Lakes wine purchased at my last tour in December. Alcohol: 13.0% MORE >>

Think my taste buds are back. No matter what was tried I was getting a very musty taste. I've been having a few problems with red wines since finishing some prescribed meds a few weeks ago. opened a few old reliables thinking there must have been some bad bottles in the rack, but they turned out to be the same. Bogle Winery 2007. MORE >>