by Keith S Wallace | beringer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Knights valley, Reserve, wine review | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
One of the top pieces of advice I can give anyone is this: if you want to buy great wines at a discount, don’t buy from famous places. Case in point: Knights Valley produces some killer Cabs, but you probably never heard of it. Beringer has been the main player...
by Keith S Wallace | 2014, Ant Moore, New Zealand, Sauvignon Blanc, wine review | New Zealand Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
Yeah, so Ant is the guy’s name. Short for Anthony. Yeah, that’s a thing. He’s one of those up-from-nothing and built a small wine empire kinda guys. He also is the kind of guy who buys a few acres of land in the middle of nowhere, clears the...
by Keith S Wallace | pinot gris, wine review | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
If you drew a line between Napa Valley in California and Willamette Valley in Oregon, Rogue Valley is just about the halfway point. It’s a place of rolling hills, warm sunshine, and several river systems: that is to say, Southern Oregon is a far cry from...
by Keith S Wallace | 2014, Barbera, wine review | Italian Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
I was going to include this in my recent Barolo & Beyond class, but at the last minute I swapped it out for the Oreste Buzio 2016 Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese. Why? A class on Barolo and similar wines needs a bit more gravitas. This bottle is just too damn...
by Keith S Wallace | 2017, wine review | All Things Corked & Forked, Featured
The (PLCB) Fine Wine and Good Spirits Edition This past year was a fantastic one for those of us living in Pennsylvania, at least for wine. The first independent wine shops started cropping up all over the state, and a handful of state-run stores finally found their...
