A good run! 2013 Durigutti Cabernet Franc, Mendoza, Argentina
Monday, January 3rd, 2022 Posted in Argentina, Cabernet Franc, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red | No Comments »2013 Durigutti Cabernet Franc There are some things about me I imagine you have figured out, at least if you have been paying attention. I love red wines. I love Cabernet Franc. I also love aging red wines. But most of ...
Mucho Malbec! 2014 Pascual Toso Reserva
Friday, March 5th, 2021 Posted in Argentina, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Malbec | No Comments »2014 Pascual Toso Reserva Malbec, Barrancas Vineyards, Argentina On a visit to some relatives in Texas at least five years ago I first tasted this wine. It wasn’t this specific vintage, but it was certainly this wine. I snapped a ...
You win some, you lose some…
Thursday, September 15th, 2016 Posted in Argentina, Cabernet Franc, Cheap and Red | No Comments »Sometimes I'm a sucker. I fall for things that seem too good to be true. The used car that blows a head gasket 300 miles after I buy it. The promises some asshole boss makes. Or in this case, a ...
A nightly tradition, sunset glass. Doña Paula Estate Malbec, 2013
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 Posted in Argentina, Malbec | No Comments »I've always liked the line in the original Manchuian Candidate: Raymond Shaw: My dear girl, have you ever noticed that the human race is divided into two distinct and irreconcilable groups: those that walk into rooms and automatically turn television sets ...
2006 Bodega Septima Malbec
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in Argentina, Cheap and Red, Malbec | No Comments »At the moment we have a long-term houseguest, who (irritatingly) is a vegetarian. They are one of Mrs. Barbarian's close relatives, so I have to refrain from my natural instinct, which is to eat them, er... make jokes at their ...
