Wine Regions

Tonight we're checking out two Portuguese wines from Alente, which is a producer in the Alentejo region of Portugal. As I've commented in the past,...

A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to take part in a Chilean wine tasting with several other wine bloggers around the country. ...

A couple weeks ago, I did a lengthy writeup about my recent visit to Paso Robles.  But I didn't highlight any of the...

The May/June issue of Mutineer Magazine will be on shelves any day now, including my Wine Steals column.  In this issue I do...
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Wow.  The name is a mouthful on this one.  I get just past the "Marchesi de" and I start to sound like a clumsy...
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When I first launched this site, nearly four years ago, Spanish wines were what I was excited about, especially garnacha.  But since the first...

We go through a lot of wine in our household.  Now before you get the wrong idea, let me add that it’s usually no...
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If you aren’t familiar with carménère, that’s ok.  You’re probably not alone.  For a varietal that has spent much of the latter part of...

When you think of wine from Australia you probably think of Shiraz first, as well you should.  Shiraz is Australia’s most planted variety, and...

I really want to like this wine.  The overall look of the packaging is clean and simple but the blazoned red “181” on the...