Category: Argentina
Red Wines from Four Continents for Summer Sipping, $10 to $20
The following wines were selected from among several hundred tasted in recent months and scored...
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Beyond Malbec: Premium Wines from Valle de Uco, Mendoza
We’d read many recent articles about the evolution of the wine business in the Mendoza region of...
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Summer Close Out on Red, White and Bubbly Wine Values
If you are looking for tasting adventures with unfamiliar grapes, Spain continues to provide some...
Read MorePicnic, Barbecue and Burger Wines: New Finds from $9 to $16
In search of something with a little more style than beers and sodas to go with food during summer grilling season? Check out the current array of low-cost red wines, offering something for almost every palate. The prices mean...
Read More40 Crowd-Pleasing Whites and Reds, Under $20, for the Holidays
Heading into the holiday season, we started tasting potential party-pleasing wines to add to your list (assuming everyone has been good, cycling through being naughty and nice, depending upon the quality of what is being poured...
Read MoreFinding Your Benchmark Wines, Calibrating Your Palate
During the early days of running the San Diego Chapter of WINO (Wine Investigation for Novices and Oenophiles) in the 1970s, my mission was to encourage people to try different wines with food and be comfortable with what they...
Read MoreBig wine country: 13 reds to match with BBQ, pasta, pizza
With the grilling season officially launched this past Memorial Day weekend on barbecues all over the U.S., it’s time to venture into big wine country. It’s a diverse one, too. In tasting some 50 candidates over the past few...
Read MoreBBQ fun: Cabernet, Merlot, Malbec and blends from $10 to $19
Retailers, merchants, supermarkets in some states and big box stores can be good browsing territories when looking for good values for summer barbecue fun. You can find cheaper wines, of course, but you can’t always distinguish...
Read MoreBurgers and BBQ Red Wines to Toast the Fourth
Assuming big crowds are showing up for the Fourth of July festivities, we went through our tasting notes over the past three months and identified our best finds in value burger and barbecue-friendly reds. The selections range...
Read MoreCabernet and Blends: Quaffing Values to Evolving Older Wines
In sampling several hundred wines at trade tastings and events, plus browsing local merchants for great values under $!5, we found some fine candidates the past two months and tweeted about them. The following scored well in...
Read MoreA Toast to the New Year: Value Red Wines and Old Cellar Friends
For your party shopping pleasures, here are 21 of the best values from the several hundred wines we tasted the past two months from $7 to $18 and three food-friendly wines over $25, with notes from older evolving wines from...
Read MoreHunt for October Red: Value Wines to Classics
As the weather drives changes in dress, blankets on the bed and kitchen smells (bubbling beef bourgignon instead of chicken, shrimp and fish on the barbecue), the ratio of white to red wine purchases flips. White values were...
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