Junk Food

Musty meat on the nose. Leathery but mellow mealy spice with candied orange and and bitter herbs on the finish (good call on the finish, GDP).

Intensely Chocolaty on the nose with a spicy, tropical fruit/ orange peel tone and perfumed, brambly, juniper scented blackberry fruit. A bit chunky and even chewy in the mouth but with refreshingly raw tannins and nicely...

60% Syrah 25% Grenache 15% Mourvedre Syrah driven aromatics of grilled meats, violets and licorice and enhanced with a deep base of moist dirt and jammy, spicy strawberry tones. This is too sweetly fruited to be mistaken...

A good value. Pairs alright with a light red-sauce pizza or a sharp cheddar.

Feteasca Neagra is a local variety of grape, the hybrid is to be found in Romania alone. This grape produces dry and semi-dry red wines whose character is fruity, round and lively with a lovely nose of black cherries,...

Red apples on the nose, with a nice caramel scent. There are also notes of cashew and oak upfront. The wine has good bite upfront, before moving to a mellow, wide mid palate of butter, caramel, candied apple and cinammon....

Popcorn-like and bestows a visceral joy like a beef patty at a delicatessen. Some interesting fruits like pear and pomegranate, with a buttery polish. This wine has earned its place in the exclusive league of the...

Got this at my excellent neighborhood shop (http://www.thecellars.com/ in Shorewood MN) for $8.97, on sale (orig. $16). Perfectly fine for $9, but I would've been disappointed at $16. Light, crisp, decent acidity, but that...

dry, complex body full of citrus and stone fruit, a candy nose