Wine Line

• May 2013

  Pinot has been a much celebrated topic here on Snooth over the years I've participated, and it's obviously one of the more celebrated grapes in the wine world. It'll no doubt be a story line I plan on focusing on in years to come so I thought I'd start a thread, logging experiences. Sorry in advance, Greg T.Having said that, I've been mostly dis... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Pinot Noir Thread - Domestics...

  
  

• May 2013

  Blind tasting is the great equalizer. When you taste wines blind, you learn what you actually think of a wine, as opposed to what you expect to think. With this in mind, I assembled a set of eight wines to taste blind with one of my regular tasting groups. Having tasted some of the wines previously, I was going in with a bit of a stacked deck. I... Read More

  From the article Blind Tasting: 2009 California Cabernet

  
  

• May 2013

  Hi Guys:In my ongoing saga of trying to learn how to cook, I'm planning on giving lobster thermidor a whirl soon. I'd like to pair it with 2-3 wines, mostly as a pairing experiment to see which works best. Any ideas? I was thinking I could potentially combine the dinner with the vintage VS NV champagne combo I've been meaning to do...other ideas... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Ideas for a tasting/dinner...

  
  
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  May 2013

  Recuerdo Malbec 2011

  Snoothrank:

  With a nose that tends (as some do) towards the swampy and mushroomy rather than inky and dark, this wine offers a main line to Malbec Central: forward and direct, with raspberries and cranberries up front and blackberries bringing up the rear. A dash of merlot softens the edges, and some cabernet franc adds a little more bite, leading to a malb... Read More

  Wine review by Argovino

  
  

• May 2013

  http://www.bigtablefarm.com/A new find for me today, and one that seems to warrant sharing. They produce a Rose, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah from 70 Acres. On current release I'm counting a little over 1,000 cases in production. Not bad for a husband (winemaker, Brian Marcy) and wife (Artist, Vineyard Mgr) team.Just from doing some brief o... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Big Table Farm - Oregon Winery

  
  

• May 2013

  It's relatively easy to find superior, satisfying wine if you’re free to pay top dollar. But for most of us that's usually not the case. Instead, we have to find alternative ways to consistently fill our glasses with wine that pleases—without taking a beating financially. But then one of the most satisfying aspects of the wine hobby can be findi... Read More

  From the article Morellino di Scansano

  
  

• May 2013

  Like Zinfandel, Petite Sirah is primarily a California wine: the Golden State’s long, sunny growing seasons are necessary to ripen Petite Sirah’s substantial tannins and reveal its rich blackberry flavors. The wine’s structure, fruit and inky color make it an excellent blending partner for Zinfandel, red Rhône varieties and even Cabernet Sauvign... Read More

  From the article Petite Sirah

  
  
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  April 2013

  Ernesto Catena Malbec Tahuan 2010

  Snoothrank:

  The bouquet is luxuriously perfumed with bergamot and sandlewood, yet the wine itself doesnt have much weight and is gone in a flash, with a slightly bitter finale. The Tahuan and Siesta names used to be separate lines; their merging appears to have favored the lower Tahuan line. (AV 85, http://argovino.com/?p=470) Read More

  Wine review by Argovino

  
  

• April 2013

  Those of my ilk tend to perpetuate certain notions. For example, the idea that smaller or newer is better, as if merely being either bestows some magical ability. It's a symptom of our society, with its 24-hour news cycle and instantaneous social declarations. It’s also a symptom of a wider problem, that of the irrelevant critic, remaining relev... Read More

  From the article Beringer Vineyards

  
  

• April 2013

  This just arrived in my email--hoping the nested Snooth link doesn't cause the universe to collapse in an endless do-loop or a black hole:Let's have dinner... I love New York. Sure, it’s been said by others, but the fact is, I really do love New York- there’s an energy there that no place on earth can duplicate. During my last visit in March I h... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Winemaker Dinner Snoothers in...

  
  

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