The Hess Collection and Select Cabernets: The Outer Limits of Value
You tasted Hess wines 20 years ago and see them and think, “Yeah, been there, done that”? Trust me on this: You do NOT know Hess.
The Pour Fool
Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits, the Business Of, and those who make them…
The Hess Collection Napa Chardonnay: A Case that Begs Making
The Hess Collection Estate Grown Napa Valley Chardonnay 2017 is anointed with a brilliant dose of judgment that says, “We have some gorgeous fruit, here. Let’s not screw it up in the winery.”
A RANT on The Subject of Trademarks and Copyrights and Greed and Stupidity
RANT WARNING: Our daughter dropped into a small Washington brewery last weekend. She texted me and asked if I knew Continue reading
The Crux Fresh/Wet Hops: An Embarrassment of Riches
Here in the cradle of the world’s hops production, the use of and experimentation with hops borders on a religion. And Larry Sidor is arguably the High Priest.
Cameron Hughes: A Little Bombast, a LOT of Wine
I was knocked sideways by these wines. These are jaw-dropping wines at prices that will drop your jaw even further, right through the freakin’ floor.
The Hard Seltzer Thing: NOT Buyin’ It
If you walk into a brewery taproom and start extolling the virtues of seltzer over beer, expect to evoke laughter and derision.
Double Mountain Brewery: How d’Ya Like Them Apples?
With every new iteration, Double Mountain has NAILED – I mean like with a sledgehammer – what they were going for in these bottles. Every time, with zero missteps.
Deschutes “Only Slightly Exaggerated” IPA: One of THOSE Beers
This is a bottle of Magic…one of those beers. From one of those places. At one of those times when we all could really use a little touch of Something Wonderful.
