Classic Wines for Paul Wilner, 6/14/08

Posted by Keith Wallace on Jan 23, 2011 in Wine Reviews | 0 comments

Mastroberardino 2004 Sannio Falanghina, Campania (IT)

Spy Valley 2006 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough (NZ)

Faiveley 2003 Mercurey 1er Cru “Clos de Myglands”, Burgundy (FR)

Montebuena 2005 Rioja (SP)

Cat Walk 2006 Cabernet sauvignon, Barossa Valley (AU)

Wine 101:For Thomas Damasco, 2/23/08

Posted by Keith Wallace on Jan 17, 2011 in Wine Reviews | 0 comments

Sauvignon Republic Sauvignon Blanc, 2006, Russian River Valley (CA)

Cousino-Macul “Antiguas Reserva” Chardonnay, 2006, Maipo (CH)

Falesco Sangiovese 2006, Umbria (IT)

Las Rocas “San Alejandro” Garnacha, 2005, Calatayud (SP)

Earthworks Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006, Barossa Valley (AU)

A Most Unusual Zinfandel

Posted by Keith Wallace on Jan 5, 2011 in News | 0 comments

Blueberries and spice and everything boozy and nice, right? I mean, that’s Zinfandel, isn’t it?

Well, not always.

Last weekend, at the Barossa and Beyond class, we tasted a most unusual Zinfandel–the Glaymond 2003 “Krause’s Berg” Single Vineyard from the Barossa Valley. Instead of rich, ripe fruit and gently mouth-tingling alcohol and spice, this bottling showed tar and black fruit and the slightest hint of flowers in the background. Kind of like what the lovechild of Cali Zin and Northern Rhone Syrah would taste like.

Unexpected? Perhaps. Addictively delicious? Without a doubt.

Barossa and Beyond, May 29th

Posted by Keith Wallace on Jan 4, 2011 in News | 0 comments

First Flight: The Unexpected
1. d’Arenberg 2004 “Sticks & Stones,” McLaren Vale
2. Longview 2003 Nebbiolo “Black Crow,” Adelaide Hills

Second Flight: Americans in Australia
1. Oliverhill Winery 2006 Petite Sirah, McLaren Vale
2. Glaymond 2003 Zinfandel “Krause’s Berg,” Barossa Valley

Third Flight: A Mini-Vertical
1. d’Arenberg 2003 “The Laughing Magpie,” McLaren Vale
2. d’Arenberg 2007 “The Laughing Magpie,” McLaren Vale

Fourth Flight: Two Classics
1. Domaine du Coulet 2004 Cornas “Les Terrasses du Serre,” Rhone Valley (FR)
2. Dutschke 2004 Shiraz “Oscar Semmler Single Vineyard Reserve,” Barossa Valley

Turkey Flat Rosé 2008, Barossa Valley

Posted by Keith Wallace on Jan 1, 2011 in Wine Reviews | 0 comments

Not your usual rosé blend, but the proof, year after year, is difficult to argue with. In fact, we recently opened up a bottle of 06 that still had life in it! Grenache, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Dolcetto.