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Stags Hollow SHV Chardonnay, 2008
Simple, lovely, palatable but nothing schmantsy. Sometimes SH gets it totally right; their Sauv Blanc a few years ago was the best in Canada and we plowed through a case. But sometimes they don’t. There is (I find) an unevenness to their wines, year to year. But this chardonnay is something to have lying around […]
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Sandhill Small Lots Cabernet Syrah 2007
I love the Sandhill Small Lots wines. I hate the cost of Sandhill Small Lots wines (most $30 or more). I am therefore torn: There’s good wine for less but there’s worse wine for more. When it comes to BC reds, there is, too, a lot of pomp, posturing and pretense. Not with the SSL […]
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Alkoomi Frankland River Riesling, 2005
We picked up some 2005 Alkoomi Riesling from Liberty (as of this blog entry Alkoomi is only available at private retailers, and rarely at that). Where has that Riesling been sitting all these years? Surely I write (in a little jest) in a temperature controlled room with perfect humidity for the best part of a […]
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Palacios Remondo La Vendimia Rioja, 2009
We did not taste the Wine Advocate’s currants or hint of wild fennel (wild fennel? really? does the WA know you don’t eat wild fennel bulbs just the greens which, in fact, taste like sweet anise? wouldn’t a more accurate flavour note be sweet anise? geez louise…). That said this is a great Rioja, exquisite […]
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Hickinbotham Shiraz Cabernet: Superb
Hey, at 2.67 cents a mil you really can’t do better in this over-taxed wine market. It’s a 91-pointer from Robert Parker so you know exactly what you will get before you cork (unscrew) it: There will be some big jammy fruit with a lingering oaky finish. This does not disappoint in any respect. Rather […]
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Three Rieslings
Chateau St. Michelle Riesling, 2010 Not a lot of superlatives come to mind. No one really thought, sipping it before dinner, there was anything special to blog about although I had clipped the winemaker’s notes as “refreshing, off-dry, blend” to no avail. It seemed a little flat with a nominal finish. With food (e.g., Nasi […]