Nearly exactly twelve months ago, I was a media guest at the NYC unveiling of the 50 Great Portuguese Wines of 2013, as selected by MW/MS/TBA (total bad-ass) Doug Frost (see last year’s write-up for tasting notes and my video interview with Mr. Frosty). This year, I was once again a media guest for the…
Category: wine review
Welcome To The Icebox (Warre’s Otima 10 Year Tawny, Chilled Old School)
The icebox in the title has several meanings (in undergrad literature class fashion). First, it’s a reference to my neck of the woods, currently blanketed in ice, and with > 500,000 homes sans power. Including 1WD HQ. Then, there’s a coy reference to the internal temperature of my house, which, after two days of no…
What We Drank With My Wine Searcher Signature Dish (Monteverro And Kracher Recent Releases)
A few weeks ago, Wine Searcher asked to interview me for their “Signature Dish” series, in which wine personality type folks share a favorite meal along with potential wine pairings. Around here, we have the dual blessings of often eating and drinking very, very well, to the point where it’s getting difficult to eat out…
Paving The Off-The-Beaten Southern California Wine Path (Four Brix Recent Releases)
Depending on who you are, California’s Ventura County will spark up a number of mental images: beach stay-cations; Tony Stark’s mansion; a place to refill the gas tank en route to wine country in Northern California. But there are a host of urban wineries (now numbering over a dozen) that are attempting to carve out…