I am quite frankly so sick of the election that every time I’m near a TV I want to run screaming for the peaceful serenity of my wine cellar and start cracking open bottles. Come to think of it I want to do that on most days. However those feelings aside I feel a certain sense [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
A Good Value Wine
Times are tough (or so the media keeps telling us) and you know I love a good bargain so I though I’d share a wine that consistently delivers a good value and we enjoy at stately Fred Manor. It is Panarroz Jumilla Red and we’ve drunk the last three or so releases under this label. The current release [...]
October 27, 2008
Patrick’s on Patrick Street
I had occasion to go to Patrick’s this Friday for lunch. Since they are only in a “soft opening” (their words) phase I’m not going to do a review at this point. It’s pretty clear to me that they are still a work in progress. Rather I’l just share some of my first impressions: It is in [...]
October 23, 2008
An Interesting Wine Label
The French are usually pretty stuffy about their wine labels. By and large they have not succumbed to the cute creature/ quaint name mania that the Aussies seem particularly susceptible to (Red Bicyclette excepted). However, I came across and interesting label the other day:
Practically speaking it would have so much more useful if I had had six [...]
October 22, 2008
Yes I am a wine geek.
I keep a copy of this cartoon to keep me grounded everytime I start geeking about nuances of cedar and leather.
October 21, 2008
Three Books That Should Be On Every Wine Lover’s Shelf- Part I
Those of you that read this blog regularly know that I am a big fan of the library. However there are some books you just have to own. There are three such books that have been invaluble to me in my wine geekdom and form the core of my wine reference library. They are Oz Clarke’s [...]
October 20, 2008
I’m back and with pickles
Sorry the posts have been so few and far between. Brought two new employees into my company and went on vacation for a week so it’s been crazy. I’ll try to do better. So yesterday I was thinking about pickles as I was eating lunch. As long-term readers know I am a big fan of Michael [...]
October 8, 2008
Volt in Washington Post
The Washington Post food critic reviewed Volt in this past Sunday’s Magazine. The review was overall very positive and he gave it 2 1/2 stars (out of 4). The food reviews were very favorable, but they got dinged for service. Link is here.
