Sarah’s Vineyard Estate Chardonnay: Grace Amongst the Garlic
Sarah’s Vineyard Estate Chardonnay 2018 is a flat-damned marvelous bottle of white wine that avoids all the tired Chardonnay clichés and delivers California sunshine by the bucket load.
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Out of The Blue: David Paige’s Pinot Blanc is a Revelation
This is the best American Pinot Blanc I have ever tasted. Period. Hunt over, piss on the fire and call in the dogs.
The Fool’s Choice 2021: 8 All Time Best Reds Under $10
Virtually ever since I started in the retail wine biz, back there in 1996, I have kept an ongoing list of wines that offer genuinely spectacular value for the prices charged. Here are eight all-time reds.
Jeff Altman’s Beer Bible Updated: Nice Guys Finish Books
This will be short, mainly because the book is fairly short and I already said most of this, back in Continue reading
Whiskey. Himalayan Foothills. India…At the Nexus is a Gold Mine
These are SHOCKING Whiskeys. That is the only possible capsule description. This is like the first astronauts from another planet coming back and saying, “Hey, they make Whiskey on MARS! Ain’t that a HOOT? Taste this!!”
The Programming of The American Drinker: A 2021 Update
I firmly believe that, for the majority of Americans our tastes in wine, liquor, and beer are largely determined by the early information we receive when being exposed to these beverages for the first couple of years.
Crux Bucks Up the Late Summer Beer Blues
Crux is one of the true American sources for real brewing ingenuity and innovation and with these two new ales, they are really hitting on all cylinders.
Wine/Beer/Spirits Clubs: A Cranky Desultory Phillipic
THINK – HARD – before you sign up with any online wine club. Think about what you’re getting…and what you’re missing.
