The Wine Wreck

Tag: red wine

  • A Pinot Love Affair

    Pinto Noir, by most standards, is the pickiest of grapes to get right. She is known as the Queen of grapes in some circles for a reason. Until we moved up the coast, Pinot Noir was not big on our wines to love scale. Too prune tasting, too over ripe fruit Finding regions that produce…

  • What is in a label?

    Have you ever find wine labels confusing? Me too! There can be alot of information on there and if you don’t what you are looking at or why, it just become gibberish. Before you think I just woke up with this knowledge, I didn’t. A self-professed wine nerd, I read up on this kind of…

  • Oh Hey, Chateau!

    What a fun wine this was! Is? It still exists- anyway… This French beauty comes from Benjamin Darnault and is his take on this Grenache-style wine. I honestly wish I had another bottle of this to lay down for a few years and see where it goes. This was 2022, so a bit young but…

  • Cru Pinot Noir, Monterey County

    2019 is emerging as a very good year for Pinot Noir. The fussy grape is a winemakers challenge even in the best of times and it is so nice to find several good Pinots ready to enjoy. This Pinot Noir from Cru Winery out of Monterey County was an easy to drink beauty. It had…

  • Chianti- our way

    Wine does not have to be tear-inducing expensive to be wonderful. I can say it again louder, if I need to. This is often the battle cry of the wine world- decent wine cannot be found for under (name your price) and I disagree. Strongly. It takes some effort and some knowledge to understand what…

  • A Bogle Love Affair

    This wine, this winery and their wine, hold a very special place in my heart. I have never been to the winery itself- bucket list someday. But that is not the story. I digress. When I was first really dipping my ‘toes’ into the wine world, our family had just made a move from our…

  • A little bit on the French side

    One of the goals of this little place in the wine world is to not be snobby. There are folks who get their snob on with wine and that is fine. It just isn’t me. I enjoy wine to enjoy wine. So in true non-wine-snob fashion.. I present Louis Jadot and his Beaujolais-Villages Vintage year…

  • 1850 Hillside Blend, 1850 Wine Cellars

    We have had this wine a couple of times and it is always very good. It made me curious about it so I did a bit of research. 1850 Wine Cellars is a winery in Placerville, CA. This particular blend is not currently available at the winery- they also have Petite Sirah, Zinfandel and others.…

  • Equoia Pinot Noir, Monterey County

    Pinot Noir is one of our favorite varietals, especially ones hailing from the more Northern part of California. On the nose was immediate notes of caramel and dark fruit. The color was a pale garnet and then deep ruby. I paired this with lasagna and it held up really well. Taste notes- not overly ripe…