Pleasant Discovery: Fall Line Winery 2005 Red
Thursday, December 25th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Merlot, On Somebody Else's Tab, Washington State | 1 Comment »Mrs. Barbarian & I went out for dinner last night. It was Christmas Eve and we'd done nothing to prepare, so when the better half declared "let's go out" I was already dialling our favorite small town bistro for a ...
Office Xmas Party favorite: Apparently I’m a genius.
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Franc, On Somebody Else's Tab, Washington State | 1 Comment »The Vinagoth can't take a photo obviously. Of course if you knew the circumstances leading up to this photo you might be more forgiving. It was at the Office Xmas Party last Friday night. I ended up at a table ...
Chatter Creek 2006 Grenache
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, Grenache, Washington State | No Comments »I have a soft spot in my heart for Chatter Creek wines. Many years ago Mrs. Barbarian & I enjoyed a great bottle of wine at our favorite restaurant, and I made it a point to write down the name. ...
Two Wines, One Winery.
Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Washington State | 3 Comments »Last week it was two wines from Chile, this week it is two from Washington state... sort of the American equivalent of Chile I guess. Both have dry desert areas, glacier-clad volcanoes that occasionally erupt. Both sport fjords filled with ...
Woodinville Wow Cellars!
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, On Somebody Else's Tab, Washington State | No Comments »First off this is, by far, the best stuff I have reviewed to date. Seriously good stuff. A few weeks ago Mrs. Barbarian & I celebrated our wedding anniversary. Unlike my birthday, which is a budget affair, we have to go ...
Walla Walla Wine Wine
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, Malbec, Walla Walla, Washington State | No Comments »Through an unusual set of circumstances completely unrelated to anything I do here online I found myself in Walla Walla, Washington recently. This is far from my home and a place I had never been before. What an amazing place. ...
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 ...
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 ...
You, uh… Go.
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, Washington State | No Comments »I have no idea how much this wine costs. It was given to Mrs. Barbarian after she saved a friend from a fate worse than a broken fingernail... or something like that. It was free as far as I'm concerned! The ...
