For today’s posting, I thought I’d switch things up a bit and write down my thoughts about our Weekend Wine as I’m tasting it.  Today’s bottle is Domaine Filliatreau’s La Grande Vignolle 2005, a Cabernet Franc from the Saumur-Champigny region of the Loire Valley.  Here goes…
I’m sitting next to my glass right now, and as I tilt it […]

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We bought our bottle of Martinsancho Rueda Verdejo 2007, from the Rueda region of northern Spain, last weekend while picking up supplies for our picnic in Mill Valley (see Monday’s posting for more about the picnic site).  For those of you unfamiliar with Verdejo, click here for a neat description provided by Denomination of Origin Rueda’s official […]

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Our Weekend Wine for this week, Curtis Ambassador’s Vineyard Syrah 2004, hails from California’s Santa Ynez Valley, right near Santa Barbara.  
The Curtis Syrah is yet another one of those wines that almost makes you forget that you’re drinking a beverage made from grapes.  It had exotic scents of prune and spice (maybe cinnamon gum right out of the wrapper?), and flavors of black pepper, […]

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The Manciat-Poncet Mâcon Bussières Rouge 2006 is half Pinot Noir and half Gamay (the grape of Beaujolais, in the south of Burgundy), and it hails from the Mâcon Bussières AOC of Burgundy. 
On first sniff, we found the scent of leather and a little bit of cherry emanating from our glasses, and when we sipped, we picked up cherry and raspberry […]

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