I went to the big Michael Skurnik / Terry Theise tasting last week, the only tasting in NYC where one can gaze upon Robert De Niro's father while sampling wine. arrived quite late and had nowhere near enough time to taste everything. Sorry, back to the Theise Champagne Tasting. It is 80% 2006 grapes. MORE >>

Thus stores (and bars ) can use the system for dispensing tasting sized pours of expensive wines, amortized over days. Tags: tasting sized pours CHUGGED: Dornfelder. Nothing says par-tay like 4,000 liters of Dornfelder! Or so a German chef thought when he partially filled a 140,000 liter barrel for the first time in 400 years. AFP ]. MORE >>

Wine writers, already about as endangered as the Iberian lynx thanks to the sagging media world (not screwcaps), have something new to fear– automatically generated tasting notes ! Have a taste of what the site spits out: Fully refined almost corpulent Chenin Blanc. Now, a sample of “extra silly:&#. MORE >>

Greg Dal Piaz from Snooth organized a tasting last week to sample nine Bordeaux wines from the 2004, 2005 and 2006 vintages, and below are some of my tasting notes. 2004 Chateau Sociando Mallet Haut-Medo c Full bodied, animal, barnyard, chocolate covered cherries, cherry liquore, dry leaves, $50. Chateau Dassault St. MORE >>

Monday morning began in the most spectacular way–with a blind tasting of rosé Champagnes. With six sparklings to sample, we sat silently, sipped, scribed notes, [.]. Tags: Wine Reviews rosé wine events Blind Tasting--Rosé Champagne Rosé Champagne Schramsberg MORE >>