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On Wine: A critic's year of discovery
San Jose Mercury News Like a lot of consumers, I'm less than overwhelmed by a lot of California syrah. Then I come across an elegant wine like the violet-scented 2007 Pelerin "Les Violettes" ($35) from the Santa Lucia Highlands, an area much better known for its powerful … |
Month: January 2012
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On Wine: A critic’s year of discovery – San Jose Mercury News
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On Wine: A critic’s year of discovery – San Jose Mercury News
On Wine: A critic's year of discovery
San Jose Mercury News
Closer to home, I tasted hundreds of wines, most of them the usual suspects: cabernet, merlot and chardonnay — some good, some overpriced and/or forgettable. But there were also some nice surprises. At a wine competition, I tasted my first domestic …and more » -
On Wine: A critic’s year of discovery – San Jose Mercury News
On Wine: A critic's year of discovery
San Jose Mercury News
But a visit to the region opened my eyes to the range of wines being produced there: from fresh, racy whites made from grapes like friulano, ribolla gialla and even chardonnay; to the longer-aged, deeply colored style of ribolla gialla from the Oslavia …and more » -
On Wine: A critic’s year of discovery – San Jose Mercury News
On Wine: A critic's year of discovery
San Jose Mercury News
I've long been a fan of some of Italy's lesser-known whites (in other words, wines other than pinot grigio), and I've tasted a few from Collio over the years. But a visit to the region opened my eyes to the range of wines being produced there: from …and more » -
On Wine: A critic’s year of discovery – San Jose Mercury News
On Wine: A critic's year of discovery
San Jose Mercury News
Like a lot of consumers, I'm less than overwhelmed by a lot of California syrah. Then I come across an elegant wine like the violet-scented 2007 Pelerin "Les Violettes" ($35) from the Santa Lucia Highlands, an area much better known for its powerful …and more »