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.
This wine, made from 80% Montepulciano and 20% Aglianico, is not for the faint of heart. The nose is a rich combination of cloves, blackberry …
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An interestingly lolly-pop-like purple color that lightens to ruby at the edges is the first indication that this is a lighthearted wine. The nose smells …
The never ending quest to find the veritas in vino was the impetus for a recent trip to the Finger Lakes wineries, to ascertain the New York state of wine. Maybe it was the numbing winds spiraling off Seneca Lake or the forlorn look of vineyards in winter, but this brief “tour du vin” left more questions than answers.
The Reds The Big Spenders: Napa Cabernet Flora Springs 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Wild Boar Vineyard One of the best Napa Valley Cabernets not to come …
If you read any wine or food publications, you will hear one thing over-and-over “it’s impossible to pick the right wines for Thanksgiving”. This is …
Hello! Hope everyone is well, and able to enjoy this wonderful weather we have been having. I have quite a few items this month: two …
A blast from the past. Back when we were located in the Fairmount neighborhood, we sent our our newsletters in a quaint old format. Here’s …
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From Vinography :
These days all the new wine gadgets I hear about seem to have something to do with using magnets or cosmic rays or something to make cheap wine taste better or to make young wine taste properly aged. It’s pretty rare to see a major innovation in the wine world that actually represents a serious breakthrough in anything.
Which is why when someone sent me the link to Spiral Cellars, I got so excited. They seem to be a great concept. Anywhere that you can dig a big hole under your house, you can have a wine cellar.