Red White & Bubbly

Red White & Bubbly photos, charts, maps, and wines.

Prev Next

• Photos < 4 of 4 >
• Stats & Charts < 1 of 2 >
• Google Map

I really do try to understand why some people rely so much on wine critics. As if one person’s taste could be the same as yours, and everyone else’s!

Have you ever gone to see a movie that some critics loved, but you walked out, shaking read more...your head, thinking: “Why did I just waste two hours watching that?” It’s the same with wine. I taste a wine that I think isn’t worth the bottle it’s in, and I find that some exalted writer has given it a high rating. Or, I’ll taste a wine that sells for $25 and know that it’s really worth about half that ... and, again, read a stellar review of it somewhere.

How about the time that one well-known wine critic told everyone to mortgage the house, raid the saving account and buy, buy, buy as much of one newly released wine that they could get their hands on. Two days later, the wine maker recalled the wine, taking back and destroying every bottle. The wine had become infected with brettanomyces, a type of yeast infection, which made the wine smell like... well, charitably put, like a dirty diaper. Going to blindly trust his judgment?

What if I told you that I’ve seen more than one wine get a barely favorable review from a publication that the winery didn’t advertise in. After a few full page, full color ads were bought, the wine we reconsidered and, almost magically, the reviewers now thought it was a wonderful wine, a must-buy! Are you going to trust their credibility?

There are many wine shops where they don’t taste wines before they buy them. How do they know which wines to buy? They simply go through the trade reports, and buy whatever everyone else is buying. This type of shop also buys up the odds and ends that wholesalers can’t get rid of: bad wines, spoiled wines, “off” wines that they dump for pennies. These shops will sell them for a few dollars as “bargains.” Bad wine is never a bargain. There are plenty of wine shops that operate like this. I’ve met some of those shop owners. Most of them don’t even drink wine, let alone have a passion for it! I wouldn’t trust their selections; would you?

So, whom do you trust for wine advice, then? Well, I trust my own palate. I drink what I like... but I’m fortunate enough to taste thousands of wines each year. What I do at Red White & Bubbly is to use my experiences to bring my “finds” to you.

Every month, whether it’s my under ten dollar Best Buys, my Discovery Wines, Cellar Selections or wines from a featured winery, I buy wines that I know are well made, good tasting wines that are worth the price. When I buy a wine, I’m buying that wine for you. All write-ups on the shelves are my own. I use my own words to tell you about the wine: what it tastes like and why I like it. It’s like having a friend in the business, giving you his inside tips.

What we want to do at Red White & Bubbly is to help you to find wines that you’ll like, and that you’ll trust your own palate. Who better to trust?    (hide)

dvoristanac modified this page:

Oct 11

dvoristanac

dvoristanac added a photo for Red White & Bubbly.

View dvoristanac's favorite wines   |    View all dvoristanac's wines and reviews

dvoristanac modified this page:

Oct 11

dvoristanac

dvoristanac wrote a new description for Red White & Bubbly.

View dvoristanac's favorite wines   |    View all dvoristanac's wines and reviews

Phillyflash wrote in the forum topic: So why can't I find very many wines I really like that are less than mid $20 to high $30 per bottle

August 2009

Phillyflash

I am new to Snooth, so I am about to try some of the recommended wines, but..... My wife and I taste different wines at various wines shops about once a month. I have attended about half a dozen wine and food tasting...

View Phillyflash's favorite wines   |    View all Phillyflash's wines and reviews

dmcker wrote in the forum topic: Wine Peeps Needed

July 2009

dmcker

Thanks for the timely response, wineball. Good to know that time spent on something isn't just disappearing into cyber space! I was particularly referring to what I remember to be your Q6, which only allowed a single...

View dmcker's favorite wines   |    View all dmcker's wines and reviews

Philip wrote in the forum topic: Brooklyn BYOB's

April 2008

Philip

Figured I'd start this one off: Abistro 154 Carlton Ave 718-855-9455 Eclectic Fort Greene gem has Senegalese, French, and Asian-inspired dishes on the menu. Brawta Caribbean Café 347 Atlantic Ave., Boerum Hill,...

View Philip's favorite wines   |    View all Philip's wines and reviews

SusieJ wrote in the forum topic: Mixing wine

March 2008

SusieJ

Kir and kir royale: white wine or bubbly with a shot of cassis. Some serve it with a twist. It is also a good way to get a brawlingly mean hangover. Bellini: bubbly with peach puree (or peach juice). VRider, I'm a...

View SusieJ's favorite wines   |    View all SusieJ's wines and reviews

1 2 3 4 5  ...  522 next