From Southern France we try an Arnaud de Villeneuve 2022 Côtes du Roussillon. It is a blend of 65% Grenache Noir and 35% Syrah. Aroma: Disciplined in the sense it is content in the glass without having to shout out to your nose and slap it silly with excessive alcohol. Black cherry, blackberry, steroidal raspberryContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Côtes Du Roussillon; Splendiferous Humility”
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RKS 2024 Wine: Au Revoir to South African Funkiness? Brainwashed or Cured?
My first wine show a few years ago was the New York Wine Expo at the Javitz Convention Center. It was something to be excited about. After focusing on Brazilian wines near the end of my few hours there I headed for the exit but being the dedicated newbie, I decided to breeze through theContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Au Revoir to South African Funkiness? Brainwashed or Cured?”
RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone’s Canadian Cabernet Franc
Not willing to speak in absolutes but chances are a Cabernet Franc from Ontario seldom steers you off the cliff but don’t let me be your GPS on this! We try a Featherstone 2020 Cabernet Franc from Ontario’s Niagara region. 2129 cases mean an ample supply for domestic consumption.5% Merlot in the blend. Aged inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone’s Canadian Cabernet Franc”
RKS 2024 Wine: An Argentinian Red Blend from the End of the World
Odds are if you are at the end of the world conditions could be such one cares more about surviving than drinking an excellent wine? I have been to the end of the world in Portugal but not in Argentinian Patagonia. In a fancy, possibly gimmicky and monstrously heavy bottle, we have a blend ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: An Argentinian Red Blend from the End of the World”
RKS 2024 Wine: Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon from the Loire
Ontario is a province in Canada producing excellent Cabernet Franc in Niagara, Lake Erie North Shore and Prince Edward County so theoretically there is no need to look to Chinon in the Loire for good Cabernet Franc but to escape being labelled as unadventurous one may wish to try a French version of Cabernet FrancContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon from the Loire “
RKS 2024 Wine: Encruzado to the Rescue?
So many Portuguese white wines have a functional element of suitability with food and their thinness and acidity making many of them a superb match with seafood a commodity which Portuguese menus are rarely lacking. Rabigato, Viosinho and Arinto do not exactly make stellar sipping wines. I had the privilege of visiting the Dâo wineContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Encruzado to the Rescue?”
RKS 2024 Wine: Caught in the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Groove (or trap?)
Many wine drinkers hear “Sauvignon Blanc” and their mind races to New Zealand. Whether the Sauvignon Blanc fad has faded is not apparent but what is apparent New Zealand is enjoying the ride on its tail and why not! Of course, or maybe not of course, you are aware Bordeaux produces some Sauvignon Blanc ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Caught in the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Groove (or trap?)”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Ritzy Montreal Pinot Noir from Westmount from the Tête Carrée!
We try a Westmount Willamette Valley Pinot Noir from Oregon. Westmount is a ritzy suburb of Montreal perched along Mont Royal. The home of the wealthy English sometimes referred to as Tête Carrée by the plebeians down below. So seeing a Pinot Noir from Westmount Vineyard and having travelled through Westmount countless times when livingContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Ritzy Montreal Pinot Noir from Westmount from the Tête Carrée!”
RKS 2024 Wine: Does a Boggled Mind Benefit from a Bogle Family Vineyards Pinot Noir?
At the Hot Docs film festival winds down I have saved the most depressing films for last and as a film reviewer of documentary films when I say depressing I mean it. On my bitter end list is the story of a 16-year-old Kurdish refugee girl, whose mother has died frozen to death in someContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Does a Boggled Mind Benefit from a Bogle Family Vineyards Pinot Noir?”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Field Blend from Russian River: Groggy and Sluggish?
My experience with field blend is a Portuguese one. Once upon a time grapes were grapes and wine was wine. Different grapes could be planted willy nilly in the vineyard. Harvest them and you got a bit of this and that grape. Another type of field blend is where two or more different grape varietiesContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Field Blend from Russian River: Groggy and Sluggish?”
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