Category Archives: EMPTIED BOTTLES

Here reside my bottle breakdowns. These reviews provide information about each wine’s context: history, geography, value, etc., and composition: from appearance and aromas, to sweetness, acidity, tannin, body, length, flavors and quality within its type. Each review features a chart where I rank the wine’s qualities (e.g. light, medium, or full bodied) according to the Wine and Spirit Education Trust’s tasting guide. These are snapshots of a wine and reviewer. Don’t be surprised if the wine and your perception of it change. Use this data to buy and taste wine with purpose.

Stop worrying if a wine is bad or good. Judgment only describes the judge. Instead, treat each wine, each bottle, even each sip as a meeting unique unto itself. Find new wines here to stretch your mind and palate.

Open bottle. Open mind.

Tempranillo, Zuazo Gaston, Rioja DOC Crianza 2007

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Patrick Bottex “La Cueille” Bugey Cerdon Rosé (Méthode Ancéstrale)

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Aligoté, Château des Charmes, Niagara, Canada 2007 (May 2009)

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Agiorgitiko, Nótios Gaia, Peloponnisos 2007

Notios (the southerner) consists of low-yield Agiorgitiko grapes from the hills around Nemea, in the Peloponnese of Greece. The viticulturist, Leon Karatsalos and winemaker, Yiannis Paraskevopoulos developed the Notios line in 1996. They have been bringing Greek varietals and methods … Continue reading

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Aglianico, De Lucia, Sannio DOC ITALY 2008

Carlo De Lucia grows Aglianico and Falanghina grapes in the Sannio area in the province of Benevento near Campania. His estate is in the medieval town of Guardia Sanframondi, lying at 428 meters above sea level over the Calore River … Continue reading

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