Fine Wine Representative for International Wine Brokers Inc., Certified Specialist of Wine, Wine Educator, Freelance Writer, and Former Host of The Philly Dish. Connoisseur of Food and Wine With a Passion for Travel and Culture!
Quinta de Gomariz 2009 Espadeiro Rosé Vinho Verde Looking for an interesting Rosé to brighten your day? Try something new like this lovely Portuguese pink from the Vinho Verde sub-region of Minho. It has many similarities to the well-known “green wine” more commonly exported and simply called Vinho Verde. It too is fresh, young, and [...]
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You can’t find better values in wine than what’s coming out of Spain right now. Spain is HOT, HOT, HOT! And speaking of hot, I bet the summer heat has got you craving a cool, crisp, thirst quencher to cool you off. May I suggest the Herederos Del Marqués de Riscal Rueda 2009 made from [...]
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It’s not often that I find a Rosé Cava in one of our Center City Philly State liquor stores, so when I do, I jump on it. My recent find, happens to be from one of my favorite quality producing brands- Cristalino. While their regular, well regarded Cava Brut is made from native Spanish white [...]
Filed under: Sips, Wine | Tagged: Cava Rose Brut, Cheap Cava, Cristalino Cava Rose, Cristalino Rose, Spanish Sparkling wines, Summer Sparklers | 2 Comments »
Looking for the perfect travel corkscrew? I found one at Pinot Boutique, my favorite wine accessory shop in Old City, Philadelphia. So what makes it the perfect travel companion? Well, it doesn’t have a knife at the end for cutting the foil off your wine. But don’t worry, you can still cleanly slice that foil [...]
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When the humidity gets this unbearable and the air feels so thick that it could be possible to slice through it with a knife as if it were a giant hunk of cheesecake, there is only one saving grace; a crisp, cold, thirst quenching drink. While many of you would reach for an ice-cold beer, [...]
Filed under: Bites, Sips, Wine | Tagged: Malbec Rose, Pink Wines, Rose, Susana Balbo, Zavino Philly | Leave a Comment »
In the Rhône region of France, 2006 was the 4 star vintage that was sandwiched between two 5 star vintages (the 05 and 07). As a result, the price points are better, and by the beautiful showing of this particular bottle, they may just be worth seeking out. Appearance: Ruby in color with a med [...]
Filed under: Sips, Wine | Tagged: 2006 Rhone Vintage, Chateau d'Aigueville, Cote du Rhone, wine reviews | Leave a Comment »
(Sonoma County – Dry Creek Valley, CA) A ruby colored center that fades into a pale rouge, watery edge. Lush blackberries and eucalyptus on the nose along with cinnamon, cedar, lilac and spicy green pepper, perhaps more like jalapeno. Supple at first, but then the tannins evolve, gripping the tongue in a seductive way yet [...]
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(Colchagua Valley, Chile) I purchased this LFE wine approximately two years ago and thought I’d cellar it to see if it would develop some tertiary flavors. When I first tasted a bottle of it it 2 years ago, it was really powerful, yet had soft, full fruit flavors. Here’s how it is showing in 2010: [...]
Filed under: Sips, Wine | Tagged: Kosher Wine, Luis Felipe Edwards 2006 Cabernet, Wines of Chile | Leave a Comment »
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