Fine wines – Altos Las Hormigas, Malbec 2005
Altos Las Hormigas, Malbec 2005
Malbec is one of the six grapes that can legally be included in the red blends of Bordeaux. When transplanted to warmer climates of California or, more commonly, Argentina, the grape can stand on it’s own and produce fleshy and juicy wines. Altos Las Hormigas Malbec is one of those inexpensive, fruit-driven wines that I [...]
WBW 26 Winners Announced
Beau has posted the winners for this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday with kudos going to Marcus from Dr. Weingolb with 14 correct out of 19. Neil from Brooklynguy’s Wine and Food Blog came in second with 13 correct. My guesses netted just 8 correct for fourth place. This was much more difficult to figure out [...]
Appellation America Launches Enhanced Winery Directory
I’m on several email lists where wine publicists send their latest news releases. Most are boring new wine releases or some winery event. I don’t think any of them have driven me to post here until this morning’s note from Appellation America announcing a new winery directory.Not too newsworthy until you read that the key [...]