2020 Chateau Beaulieu Cuvee Alexandre Rose (Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence): Pretty pretty, and pretty much a pure delight to imbibe. $19 B+ 2019 Planeta ‘Cometa’ Fiano Menfi (Sicily): A finely crafted shooting star display of tropical, herbal, and exotic jolts of energy. $42 A- 2020 Pasqua ’11 Minutes’ Odi et Amo Rose (Veneto): Watermelon, cherry skin, and…
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Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 48: Heavy Metal Memories (Caprio Cellars Flagship Red)
You wouldn’t know it by looking at his relatively clean-cut appearance now, but Caprio Cellars winemaker and owner Dennis Murphy used to be in a heavy metal garage band. In fact, I give him mad props for instantly and authoritatively identifying who Eddie was during our recent Zoom tasting (as in tasting over Zoom, not…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up for July 26, 2021
NV Exigeante Brut (France): France’s [late] response to Prosecco. Kudos for adding reserve wine for the yeastiness. $22 B 2019 Mack & Schuhle ‘Art of Earth’ Organic Red (Montepulciano d’Abruzzo): Delightful stuff, and even kind of grippy; Neighborhood BBQ, here we come! $12 B 2016 Reva Dolcetto d’Alba (Piedmont): Tangy, gritty, earthy, and rustic… and…
PSA: It Burns When I Feed (You Might Need to Resubscribe to 1WD!)
Just a very quick PSA – and apologies in advance to those of you to whom this does NOT pertain: There are still quite a few of you out there who are subscribed to 1WD via Feedburner, a once-awesome platform for managing blog updates via several channels, including email. For those of you signed up…