by Keith S Wallace | Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, PLCB, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | Featured
Columbia Crest 2012 “Walter Clore Private Reserve” Red Columbia Valley This is a monster Merlot with a margin of Cabernet Sauvignon in the mix. Smoked chocolate and Dwayne Johnson-level muscularity. Last time it hit the shelves around here was in 2003,...
by Keith S Wallace | 2007, Cesarini Sartori, Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, PLCB, Sagrantino di Montefalco, umbria, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | Italian Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
Garrigue and camphor on the nose and a finish of peppered beef jerky. In between, toasted spices and black fruit get busy and a massive but elegant core of tannins take this all the way. Very good Sagrantino. Additional notes of creme brulee and melted liquorice round...
by Keith S Wallace | Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, PLCB, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | American Wine Reviews, Featured, Wine Reviews
Sauvignon Blanc is becoming a bit too popular. I keep waiting for someone to come up with a “Housewives of Beverly Swills” bottle of Sweet Sauvignon, or possible a White Sauvignon (you know, like a White Zinfandel). Thankfully, that hasn’t happened...
by Keith S Wallace | Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, PLCB, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | Featured, Portuguese Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
Despite being around since 1815, this port producer doesn’t really exist. That’s reason enough to pick up a bottle or two. Let me explain: Feuerheerd’s was founded in 1815 by Dietrich Matthias Feuerheerd who established his wine shipping business in...
by Keith S Wallace | Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, PLCB, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | Featured, French Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
Côtes Catalanes is an obscure wine region tucked into the mountains that separate France from Spain. Eight years ago, when I was on the editorial review team for the second edition of Barron’s Wine Lovers Companion the region wasn’t mentioned. Not even...
