Mostly wine related, perhaps a review of one or more wines, or a wine tasting. Sometimes other beverages as well – spirits, or even non-alcohol drinks, if you can believe that!
There have, historically, been very few places in Buenos Aires that could be considered wine bars. Part of it seems to be the definition – this is the only city I’ve ever spent any length of time in where simply having a long wine list and offering to open a bottle at your table seems… Read More The Whine Bar
The things we eat…. I don’t know why, I was thinking about corn-rye bread, and started thinking it might make an interesting pasta flavor profile. I didn’t want to go 100% of those, because it would likely be crumbly in pasta form, so, 1/3 cup each of fine cornmeal, fine rye flour, and fine whole… Read More September Supping
The owners of a couple of wine shops here in town have very graciously invited me to a couple of recent consumer tastings. Both involved wines that are in a price range I don’t always get around to trying here at home, so it was a nice opportunity, and a couple of the wines will… Read More Like Fine Wine
Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda Rosé Brut Nature 2013, Mendoza, Argentina – pale pink, holding to the rim; apricot and minerals on the nose; moderate acidity, austere, bone dry, in fact, to the level I’m surprised this is classified as a Brut, I didn’t detect any residual sugar at all, light to medium bodied, minerally, under-ripe… Read More Wine, More Wine
Bodega Chandon Cuvée Réserve Varietal Chardonnay – beautiful light yellow color, clear rim, fine bubbles; fruit forward nose with ripe apple and a hint of vanilla; on the palate, dry, medium high acidity, medium body, apple skin and ripe apple, lemon pith, vanilla; long finish, slightly bitter with lemon pith most prominent. [Recommended] Cruzat Rosado… Read More Wine-ing Away
Over the years, I’ve visited Uruguay four previous times headed to wineries… a first solo visit to Pisano in February 2005, the first time I’d been to Uruguay (pre-blog days, and I’m not counting it as a winery tour), in August of 2005, with a former friend, just us, visiting only two spots Pisano and… Read More Uruguayan Wines – Round 4
Luigi Bosca Sauvignon Blanc 2015 – pale yellow, almost clear at the rim; fruit forward nose with grapefruit and green bell pepper on the nose; on the palate, upfront moderately high acidity, dry, lots of grapefruit, bell pepper and hints of grass; medium finish heavy on the grapefruit. $17 (all prices in dollars, estimated average… Read More Wines of the Week
A few years back I was on a bit of a whirlwind trip through various Mendoza vineyards that included a day spent in San Rafael, in the south, along with David and Rachel Cane, two wine, food and travel journalists from California. We were flown from Mendoza to San Rafael in a small, four-seater Cessna,… Read More San Rafael, Wines to Taste