After an initial hit and run on Red Hook Winery, I went back for a more in depth tasting and tour this past weekend. I had been intrigued by a couple of their white wines, well they were more orange actually, so we revisited and spent some quality time. Love the location down on the...
Enough has been said here about the wines of Lopéz de Heredia (at least for now!), so I will let Maria Jose speak about her family bodega. Filmed on location at Union Square Wines: Ladies and Gents, Maria Jose Lopéz de Heredia.
I am not really sure what to make of some of the wines from Brooklyn based Red Hook Winery, but a good friend brought a bottle of their Whole Cluster Press Cab Franc over for a recent BBQ and I was intrigued by its unique color and aromas, so I swung by the Red Hook...
In a recent fit of Italian inspiration I devised to try wines from opposite ends of Italy. From the North, I chose a favorite from Produttori Carema, grown in the foothills of the Alps. And I went as far south as I could to Sicily, with a bottle of COS Pithos. Now, these are two...
It has been a minute since I have checked in on the Jura. A couple years back, Jura seemed to be on the tip of every wine geeks tongue and on the hippest wine lists. But then things went quiet. Or so it seemed to me at least. During those heady days I tucked away...
When it comes to drinking white wines from Rioja, I have pretty much stuck with the only producer making old school style Viura based wines, Lopéz de Heredia. But after trying a glass of Capellanía from Marqués de Murrieta I was instantly captivated by the slightly oxidative scents of a classic white Rioja. While not...
There are a few 2004 Gran Reservas hitting the US market, like Marques de Murietta and CVNE Viña Real, but I think they are too young to drink now if you like traditional Rioja. I mean, I think that even the 2001 Rioja Reservas and Gran Reservas will improve with (need) 5-10 years of bottle...
Rioja has been making a big splash again this past week with after Eric Asimov over at the New York Times chimed in on Rioja’s value and ageability. Let’s hope this does not signal the end of affordable prices on classically styled Rioja wines. But if the Bodegas Riojanas Viña Albina 2001 Gran Reserva is...
Sean Thackrey is America’s coolest wine maker. Now there are a bunch of wine personalities out there, but Sean is the coolest and most interesting, and his wines are insane and different, yet totally likeable and delicious. They are different most especially in that they reach a place of interest that few other wines do...
I really didn’t know much about the De Forville Barbaresco before purchasing a bottle, which was fairly priced and highly recommended, but I am kicking myself a bit for not doing my usual routine of buying two bottles, as this is great stuff. And I should have known as much as it is a Neal...
I have attended a few tastings with Lyle Fass. Out of all the people I have met with an opinion about wine, Lyle’s is about the biggest. He pulls no punches. Ever. So to hear him waxing about López de Heredia, a winery that I hold as near and dear as any, (and then some),...
I continue to dream of Sicily every time I taste wines from COS. My roots run back to Sicily on my mother’s side with my great grand parent having immigrated to America, and having come through Ellis Island some time in the last century. One always hears of how magical Sicily can be, and it...
