Lopez Panach Tempranillo 2006
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, Spain, Tempranillo | No Comments »An amazing wine at an amazing price. I found this little treasure at my local wine merchant while browsing the "Spain" section. It is a Lopez Panach Tempranillo, 2006 vintage. I like Spanish wines in general and could not pass ...
Torbreck “Woodcutter’s Shiraz”
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Syrah | No Comments »Torbreck Barossa Valley 2005 Woodcutter's Shiraz $20.99 For a guy who flogs Petite Sirah damn near every week, I rarely consume the similarly named, but completely unrelated Syrah/Shiraz varietal. It isn't that I don't like it... I do. In fact there ...
2005 Spellbound Petite Sirah
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in California, Cheap and Red, Petite Sirah | No Comments »Last night we had a thunderstorm, followed by a huge blood red full moon rising over the hills to the east. Mrs. Barbarian was cooking up some amazing stuffed flank steak things she found somewhere, so I figured nothing short ...
An old standby: Maryhill Winemaker’s Red
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, Odds, Ends & Blends, Washington State | No Comments »This is one of those "can't miss" buys: Maryhill Winemaker's Red, in this case a 2006. This wine is consistently excellent and reasonably priced, year after year. Mrs. Barbarian was the one that found it for us, having drank it ...
Sango! Ole!
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, Spain, Tempranillo | No Comments »Mrs. Barbarian & I dined at our favorite local restaurant the other day. I always order the same thing there, much to the Mrs' chagrin. The chef magically knows how to make a steak *just* the way I like it, ...
Je ne parle pas Francais. 2005 Domaine de L’Ameillaud
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, France, Rhone | No Comments »The French sure know how to make wine. But they could not SELL wine to save their lives (from an invasion of barbarians!) Look at any label from any wine made outside of France... be it the US, Chile, Argentina, ...
Four Vines’ “The Heretic” … a Petite Sirah I’d kill you for.
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in California, On Somebody Else's Tab, Paso Robles, Petite Sirah | No Comments »Last month while out on a business trip I attended a dinner with a potential client. We enjoyed a great dinner in a steak house with a great view. Being a classless barbarian I hogged the wine list while everyone ...
2005 Seven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, On Somebody Else's Tab, Washington State | No Comments »One of my co-workers came back from a Costco run with this wine in hand for our Friday afternoon imbibery. It is a Seven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon, from the Columbia Valley of Washington. It is a big, powerful red. Unfortunately ...
2004 Casa Silva Reserva Carmenère
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Carmenère, Cheap and Red, Chile | No Comments »Mrs. Barbarian had a friend over last night, and we drank two and a half bottles of wine. A little of this, a little of that. The last bottle I pulled from my "cellar"... which is really an unfinished room ...
True Earth Red
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in California, Cheap and Red, Odds, Ends & Blends | No Comments »I was stalking through the wine section of the grocery store the other day, when I happened upon this red wine. Honestly what caught my eye was the presence of my favorite grape on the label: Petite Sirah. Given that ...
