ShareThis deep, dark red wine tastes really expensive. But it’s not. Thanks to its semi-obscure Iberian birthplace — how about that for a hint? — this old-school red delivers the quality of an old-vine, well-aged, and perfectly oaked Northern Italian Barolo or Barbaresco, but at $9.99 at about a tenth of the price. It’s got [...]

ShareThe first thing I did when the 2003 Quilceda Creek cabernet placed dead last in a blind tasting I attended Wednesday was think, shoot, I have a case of this wine in my cellar! I didn’t say it out loud; I’m no fool. I spent $110 per bottle on that wine on the recommendation of [...]

ShareI put in a pretty dismal performance at my local wine store’s blind tasting last week. Out of eight mystery syrahs from the northern Rhône, my second favorite was the group’s second least favorite. Then my almost-most-disliked was the winner. It wasn’t just a case of to-each-her-own; it was as if I was wearing my [...]