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...
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Finding 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 MoreWhites for Toasting the Red, White and Blue
Heading into the July 4 weekend, we reviewed recent notes on wines suitable for a little summer sipping and toasting our Declaration of Independence before hitting the reds to match the best from the grill. The following were...
Read MoreEasy Sipping Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc Value Wines
May and June are good months to look for values in white wines as the pipeline of new wines starts flowing from the wineries, distributors and your local merchant, discount store or market. The following values caught our eyes...
Read MoreCabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux Finds $10 to $100
Our new year’s resolution is to continue looking for great values for money in wines from throughout the world, plus classic styles worth seeking out no matter what the vintage. In that mode, we went through our tasting...
Read MoreSummer White Sale — Finds from $8 to $35
From some 300 white wines tasted over the past few months, we found about 5 percent rising to the top as best values and food-friendly finds from several countries and worth tweeting about. For your tasting pleasures, here are...
Read MoreSummer White Sale from $6 to $50
Whether you are setting up for a barbecue, loading up for a picnic or just thinking about easy sipping on a summer day, the array of different style white wines at reasonable prices continues to grow. The following were selected from several hundr…
Read MoreSummer Sipping Values from the White Wine Aisle
Warmer weather means more white wines. Recent tastings have turned up fine summer sipping wines from $9 to $50, as tweeted recently. As a tip, serve good white wines chilled but not too cold, unless you are pouring a really cheap wine to the masse…
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