Portugal’s Cartuxa is fairly well-known for being one of two wineries run by a wide-ranging non-profit foundation (focusing on developing the Évora region culturally). It’s equally well-known for being named after a monastery and having roots going back to 15th Century Jesuit monks, and still employing amphora from the 1800s. But Cartuxa is most famous…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For June 1, 2020
2016 Baglio di Pianetto ‘Natyr’ Insolia (Sicily): Almonds, toast, dried tropical fruits, and a penchant for giving Natural wines a good name. $NA B+ 2015 Baglio di Pianetto ‘Syraco’ Syrah (Sicily): Welllll… hellooooooo there, sexy pants! $NA B+ 2014 Baglio di Pianetto ‘Viafrancia’ Riserva Rosso (Sicily): Right Bank Bord’x, done Italian style, and chewier than…
Wine Taster’s Guide Now Available for Pre-order! (That’s “Published Author Joe Roberts” to You!)
Shiz just got very real, folks! My new book, Wine Taster’s Guide: Drink and Learn with 30 Wine Tastings, is now officially available for pre-order ($14.99 for the paperback)! Shipping and whatnot begins on July 21, 2020. The Guide is the main course meal to the Wine Taster’s Journal starter (the handy, portable companion which…
Holy Crap! Wine Taster’s Journal Available for Pre-Order!
Holy crap!!! I am tickled pinker than a Côtes de Provence rosé to tell you that the first of my two (yeah, two) upcoming books is now available for pre-order, to be released on July 7, 2020! For reasons that will be obvious from the title, Wine Taster’s Journal: Drink, Rate, Record, and Remember by…