Over two thousand wine reviews! While most of our reviews focus on great wines under $20, we also offer reviews of luxury and collectible wines. As we are located in Philadelphia, most wines reviewed here are available via wine & spirits shops in Pennsylvania. Our main reviewer is Keith Wallace, the executive director and founder of the Wine School of Philadelphia. Want to locate a specific wine? Use our PLCB Wine Finder.
Our wine reviews are conducted blind, and we do not accept free samples. Our goal is to showcase excellent wines that are also a great value to the wine consumer. All the wines we rate are small independent producers who engage in natural and sustainable winemaking practices.
Many of the wines we review are also featured in classes and wine courses held at the Wine School of Philadelphia and affiliates of the National Wine School.
If there is a positive spin to 2020, it’s that we all have leveled-up our eating and drinking skills. Do you remember back in 2019 when everyone was tweeting about Dry January? People were so silly in the before times. This year, we are going to focus on situation-appropriate wines.
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Frank Family Vineyards 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Vite Colte 2016 ” Luna E I Falo” Barbera D’asti Superiore A muscular Northern Italian red with …
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J Wilkes 2017 Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley This exemplifies the ever-evolving style of Central Coast Chardonnay. A deft balance of vibrant white fruit with …
Hope Estate 2015 “The Ripper” Shiraz Hailing from Western Australia, this will give you the drunken power of seven wombats. Eh. Actually, this is a …
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