Bordeaux - Ducru Beaucaillou

I’ve gotta hand it to the fine folks at Wine Spoken Here: they know how to show a guy a good time. They’ve been one of the more active PR firms during the COVID pandemic, providing several excellent opportunities for we wine media folk to reconnect, share samples (virtually), and generally stay on top of... Upscale your palate! My new books are now available from Rockridge Press! Copyright � 2020. Originally at Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 28: Happy Hour (Again!) fr...

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NV Acquesi Asti (Piedmont): Bubbly and friendly in such positive ways, that you;ll likely succumb to its sweet charms. $NA B 2017 Donnafugata Floramundi (Cerasuolo di Vittoria): Just as wild, fragrant, and seductive as ever, only with slightly more distinguished greying temples now. $29 B+ 2016 Donnafugata ‘Tancredi’ (Terre Siciliane): Doing a damned good Bordeaux... Upscale your palate! My new books are now available from Rockridge Press! Copyright � 2020. Originally at Wine...

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Well, that was unexpected. Or, I should say, unexplored Thanks to COVID SiP, I’m still primarily traveling the world from the chair in front of my OG desktop computer, receiving samples and tasting invites that are presented virtually (but imbibed in person, of course, when it comes to the actual wine part). Such was the... Upscale your palate! My new books are now available from Rockridge Press! Copyright � 2020. Originally at Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 27: Exploring th...

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2019 Marchesi Frescobaldi Tenuta Ammiraglia ‘Alie’ (Toscana Rosato): Long on everything, including the watermelon & cherry candy flavors,and that floral finish! $24 B+ 2016 Lieb Family Cellars Estate Cabernet Franc (North Fork of Long Island): Earthy, spicy (very!), herbal, smoky, juicy, light on its feet, and definitely doing a good Loire impersonation. $35 B+ 2018... Upscale your palate! My new books are now available from Rockridge Press! Copyright � 2020. Originally at...

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Rodney Strong founder Rod Strong was a bit of an… overachiever. We’re talking the-kind-of-person-who-you-thought-only-existed-in-World’s-Most-Interesting-Man levels of overachiever. Simply listing the guy’s bootstrapped résumé is enough to paint the proper picture: Senior class president, 3 sport athlete, theater regular, clarinet player, Army veteran, school dropout (he did that at the age of 18 in order to... Upscale your palate! My new books are now av...

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