At this point, I think that we’ve established that Bordeaux native Christine Barbe is at least a little bit crazy. Very talented, but a little crazy. Crazy enough to justify the namesake of her personal brand, Toquade, anyway. She has, after all, devoted a significant portion of her current winemaking career to – egads! –…
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Wine Review Four-Pack (And Thoughts on 2010’s Most Interesting Wines)
Four badges to hand out from the latest in the flow of near-never-ending samples coming to my door, so let’s get to it! [ By the way, the reference to the never-ending sample stream is, quite honestly, not meant as a vehicle of self-aggrandizement in any way, but is in fact more a lament of…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up for 2010-11-12
09 Maculan Moscato Dindarello (Veneto): Flowers & citrus are nice, but cloying banana-candy flavors do not a good vintage make. $18 C+ # 06 Hesperian Harry’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley): Go west young man, & find tannin chains long as the Alaskan pipeline. $60 A- # 09 Toquade Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley): NZ passion…
Minority Report: Ethnic Diversity & Small-Production Meet Up in Napa Cab
At a new, small California winery, an ethnically diverse pair are making low production Cabernet Sauvignon. Very, very good Cabernet, that is. For those of you who are playing along at home, I’m going to introduce this article with a bit of background, because it’s several months in the making. Also, if I don’t start…