The Devil Made Me Drink It!
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Carmenère, Cheap and Red, Chile | No Comments »This wine actually saved us from a disaster. I had opened another bottle which Mrs. Barbarian tasted as I was cooking and pronounced it awful. I took a sip and confirmed (review coming soon!) so I reached into the wine ...
Oh Tawny, I barely knew you!
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Cheap and Red, Port | No Comments »I would love to be able to provide you oh reader with a review of this wine. It is a Tawny port-style wine from Australia named Hardy's "Whiskers Blake" Classic Tawny which I bought for a mere $12.99. However Mrs. Barbarian ...
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. ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
