Herman Story 2005 Grenache, Larner Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley
I love this wine–let’s just put it out there and avoid all that wine-writing propriety and distance. And the funny thing is that it’s not in the style I typically gravitate …
fun
Tintoralba 2004 Higueruela
More fruit than a box of juice. More jam than grandma’s cupboard. Nearly as thick as a strawberry shake. Grind a little black pepper over the foam, toss in a chunk …
Bellum 2006 El Providencia, Yecla
Cigar smoke, cedar, and a beastly whiff are the aromatic introduction to this roundly tannic and full-bodied wine. Flavors veer to boysenberry-meets-IHOP and then back to a more classy kirsch. Not …
Crios de Susana Balbo 2006 Rose of Malbec
Sign me up as the first member of the Susana Balbo fan club. Her wines are so well-made, so affordable, so fun that whenever I see them in the wine shop, …
Framingham 2009 Sauvignon Blanc
If 7-up grew up to become a glass of fine wine, this would be it. Fun and flashy with its lemon-lime zest and angular quince and granite notes.