Sula Vineyards, Cabernet-Shiraz, Nashik, Maharashtra, 2016 India – it is the country of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi, the Taj Mahal, Bollywood’s glitz and glam, tandoor delicacies and beautiful silk and gold-threaded saris – and also Sula...
Chateau Pineraie, Cahors Malbec, 2012 Cahors has a long tradition of winemaking and according to a manuscript dating from 1456 AD, the Burc family of Chateau Pineraie were already land owners at that time. Five generations later, vigneron Jean-Luc Burc shares a...
Nino Negri, 5 Stelle, Sforzato di Valtellina, 2013, DOCG Tonight, we had a real treat. We shared a bottle of Sforzato (Sfursat). If you have never had Sforzato, or even heard of it, it is for good reason. This rare wine is difficult to find outside of the Valtellina...
Bodegas La Cartuja Priorat, DOCa, 2017 A short trip over the border of southwest France will leave you Spain, in the community of Catalonia. In the late 1100’s, monks decided to start growing grapes in the unique volcanic sandy soil containing slate and quartz. In...
Mastroberardino, Radici Taurasi, DOCG, 2012 After a rough week of work, we decided to splurge a little by indulging in one of our favorites: Aglianico. Much like Malbec from Cahors, this black grape produces a deeply colored, leathery, bold, dry wine, exploding with...
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