Synopsis, Our Opinion: SIMPLY OUTSTANDING!!!
Producer/Winery: Catherine and Pierre Breton; Restigne, France.
Grape Variety: Cabernet Franc.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Bourgueil; Loire Valley, France.
Vintage: 2012
Price: $33.30 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A very special Spanish wine that leaves almost all the others in the shadows.
Producer/Winery: Jose Antonio Garcia; Valtuille de Abajo, Spain
Grape Variety: Mencia.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Bierzo, Spain.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $16.20 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A fresh and lively white wine from a lesser known Southern Italian grape.
Producer/Winery: Lino Carapelli; Societa Agricola I Pastini; Martina Franca, Italy.
Grape Variety: Verdeca.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Puglia, Italy.
Vintage: 2016
Price: $14.40 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: Simply OUTSTANDING and SUPER value.
Producer/Winery: Javier Dominguez; Dominio do Bibei; Manzaneda, Spain.
Grape Variety: Mencia (with 10% Brancellao, Mouratón, Sousón, and Garnacha).
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Ribeira Sacra; Spain.
Vintage: 2012
Price: $29.70 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: An unusual grape and a SUPER Italian red wine!!!
Producer/Winery: Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa; Nizza Monferrato, Italy.
Grape Variety: Brachetto.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Vino da Tavola, Italy.
Vintage: 2011.
Price: $25.20 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Our August 27, 2013 post The Best Chardonnay Under $3.00: A Comparison Tasting turned out to be one of TastedOnline.com’s most popular wine reviews so we decided to try and go one better…and do a comparison tasting of the cheapest Chardonnay that Walmart has on their shelves. We’re assuming these are bottles of Chardonnay are probably in every Walmart across the country and most likely a large number of other stores where mass-marketed wines are sold.
We picked all the inexpensive Chardonnay that was available at our local (Kernersville, North Carolina) Walmart, These included: Yellow Tail, Woodbridge, Rex Goliath, Beringer and Walmart’s Barefoot brand. We drank them randomly and blind than rated them for the best value. Here’s what we thought: [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: We love Madeira wine and this one has some unique and delicious characteristics.
Producer/Winery: Humberto Jardim; Henriques & Henriques; Camara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal.
Grape Variety: Malvasia.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: The Island of Madeira, Portugal.
Vintage: Non Vintage.
Price: $45.00 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: Excellent Italian Nebbiolo that was a great value.
Producer/Winery: Aldo Rainoldi; Chiuro, Italy.
Grape Variety: Nebbiolo.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Valtellina Superiore; Lombardy, Italy.
Vintage: 2012
Price: $23.40 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A wine we thought was an OUTSTANDING value.
Producer/Winery: Domaine Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme; Les Montils, France.
Grape Variety: Blend – Gamay, Grolleau and Pineau D’Aunis.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Vin de France; Loire valley, France.
Vintage: Non Vintage.
Price: $15.30 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
Synopsis, Our Opinion: A wine with lots of positive attributes and one we would buy again in a flash.
Producer/Winery: Henri Bungener; Domaine Le Clos de Caveau; Vacqueyras, France.
Grape Variety: Southern Rhone blend – 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Vacqueyras; Rhone, France.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $23.40 (with a 10% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]
