by Keith S Wallace | 2011, best, Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, Oregon, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noirs, PLCB, small, Willamette Valley, Wine, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
Oregon’s Willamette Valley produces some of the world’s best Pinot Noirs. And that is only half the reason to love their wines. The other is it’s grassroots vibe. Unlike so many top-tier wine regions, the Willamette Valley is still a bastion of...
by Keith S Wallace | Anderson Valley, best, Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, full, Londer, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noirs, PLCB, Wine, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews, winery | Wine Reviews
Three thoroughbred Pinot Noirs were just added to PLCB wine shops. All three are single vineyard bottlings from Londer Vineyards: the Paraboll, Ferrington, and the Londer Estate vineyards. Londer is a boutique winery in Anderson Valley which has built a sterling...
by Wine School | Associated Press, Finger Lakes, New York, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noirs, prosecco, Spain, TANYA BRICKING LEACH, white, Wine | Associated Press, Media & Press
It’s a look wine shop clerks know well. That overwhelmed, glassy-eyed stare that afflicts people as they wade through aisle after aisle of wine in search of the right bottle to bring to a party.
But arming yourself with a little advice and doing a bit of planning can make it easy to break out of the wine shop stupor and get the right wine for the right event for the right price.
Step 1: Relax. It’s just wine. And most shops are jammed with great $10 bottles, so it’s hard to make an awful choice.
by Keith S Wallace | Gallo, merlot, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noirs, Red, Red Bicyclette, Wine, Wine Spectator | News
The judge has ruled and Red Bicyclette suppliers convicted. It seems Gallo itself was duped by those meddling Merlots and Syrahs posing as Pinot Noirs. More at The Wine Spectator.
by Zach Morris | Austria, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Left Bank, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noirs, Russian River Valley, Sonoma, Southern Rhone, Wine, Zweigelt | Featured, News
Between the wines we’ve been pouring for the Intermediate course and the ones I’ve tasted both at home and at professional events, I’ve recently found myself drinking a lot of wines that I normally wouldn’t. This, of course, isn’t because I don’t like...
