Wine Cask

Remember in ~1995 trying a 1979 Touriga Nacional 'port' that had been made by the fortified winemaker at Lindemans. The bulk of it was blended into a rather so-so cask wine, but he'd kept a few bottles for his own...

Welcome to Snooth, tgrh. Forgot so-called 'cooking wine'. It's usually heavily salted, otherwise stabilized and just plain nasty. The phrase I was taught about selection of wine for cooking was 'cook with the best, drink...

Hard to tell from your description if the wine was 'corked', or otherwise damaged, or if it was just a poor wine from a sloppy winery. What was the wine, anyway? Nothing wrong with posting here about bad experiences with...

Look up 'Sacred Stone' on snooth. 8-9 different varietals, non-vintage so there is consistency year after year. BBQ wine, pretty big and bold. For the price, I don't think there is anything out there like it....

The rare wine company just released their current newsletter with the 2004 Capellano Barolo...

Last night was Snooth-a -thon II and we celebrated in style with some classy Cabernets from the past several decades and a few other gems thrown in for good measure! Fourteen of us descended on North Square restaurant for...

Spent the past couple days helping some friends in the fair Commonwealth, stuffing some outrageously juicy wines into bottles, and have a few things in mind. The folks I met & came to know where the richest of the...

“Lots of Interest” Morrell Wine Auctions Live Internet Auction http://auction.morrellwineauctions.com/248/index.jsp?auctionId=248 Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 Auction starts at 11:00 a.m. (EST) ~~~ Editor’s note:...

Landmark is a valid term for the Wine Cask restaurant and winebar. Think they've done as much over the years to support Santa Barbara wine and wine culture as anyone in any market or growing region. Unfortunate the most...