Corner Grinder – Cameron Hughes Lot 448 Napa Valley Meritage 2012
Thursday, July 16th, 2015 Posted in California, Cheap and Red, Napa, Unknown! | No Comments »In ice hockey there is a particular type of player that every coach wants on his roster. The common terminology used to describe them is "grinder". One of those players that isn't afraid to go into the corners of the ...
Cellar Treasure: Cameron Hughes Lot 386 – 2011 California Field Blend
Monday, July 6th, 2015 Posted in California, Cellar Treasures, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Zinfandel | No Comments »It hasn't rained here in so long that I can't recall the feeling of water falling from the sky. As I am finishing dinner I note a few drops on the living room window. Grabbing my bottle and glass I ...
Another Cellar Treasure from 2010
Thursday, January 8th, 2015 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Napa | No Comments »Here is another of the older bottles I pulled from the cellar over the holidays, a 2010 Napa Cab from Cameron Hughes. Like the Merlot I enjoyed with Xmas dinner, it was a "pretty good" drinker back when it was ...
Cellar Treasure: Cameron Hughes Lot 344 – 2010 Oakville Merlot
Thursday, January 8th, 2015 Posted in California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Merlot, Napa | No Comments »Good things sometimes come to those that wait. In this case it has been a few years of waiting, but it was all worth it. Around the holidays I went rummaging around in the cellar, which honestly sounds better than ...
2011 Royal Crest Red
Monday, May 12th, 2014 Posted in Cheap and Red, Odds, Ends & Blends, Oregon, Uncategorized, Unknown! | No Comments »I grabbed a bottle off the shelf the other night to just have something cheap and red with dinner. I honestly can not recall when this bottle showed up, but I do recall that it was a freebie. It was ...
Cellar Dregs: 2006 Cameron Hughes Lot 102.
Saturday, February 25th, 2012 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cheap and Red, Napa, The Spit Bucket | No Comments »I love Cameron Hughes wines. In fact they represent likely 80% of our nightly consumption here at Chez Vinagoth. I buy several cases of mixed reds from CHwines per year to keep the cellar stocked. So by no means ...
Cellar Treasures: 2002 Parducci Petite Sirah.
Saturday, July 31st, 2010 Posted in California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Petite Sirah | 1 Comment »An impending move has me clearing out my cellar. I'm starting a new job son in another state that has Mr. & Mrs. Barbarian moving to a new home very soon. As a result I haven't bought very many wines ...
Cellar Treasure: 2002 “K” Syrah
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 Posted in Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Syrah, Walla Walla, Washington State | No Comments »Apologies for the dearth of reviews of late, but I have basically limited my intake to the same Chilean wines I've been reviewing over the past year already. I figured you didn't want to experience deja vu all over again. ...
Odd label, good wine.
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Carmenère, Cheap and Red, Chile | No Comments »While stalking cheap Chileans at my grocer's wine section recently I noted a new label I'd never seen before. It features a large, long silver chile shape (which sort of looks like the shape of the country of Chile.) I ...
Cono Sur 2008 Carmenère. Toughest wine review, ever.
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 Posted in Carmenère, Cheap and Red, Chile | 2 Comments »Last week, in fact a few days before the 8.8RS earthquake struck Chile, I saw this Carmenère on sale at my local grocer. I remember it well because I often shoot cell-cam photos like these: I do this to make a ...
