Montevina and the Sierra Foothills Montevina is a winery based in Amador County in the Sierra Foothills. We have written about previous visits to Amador County. From these…
Bois De Menge – The Wine Bois De Menge is this week’s candidate for Bargain Wine of the Week. I purchased it from Trader Joe’s as we shopped…
This week’s candidate for Bargain Wine of the Week comes from Trader Joe’s. It is the 2011 Casone Toscana. The wine is a blend of 80% Sangiovese and…
Baseball Twelve years of living in California have, in the main, not touched my essential Britishness. I still pronounce route the same way as root. I do…
This week our Bargain Wine of the Week, Herrick Red Wine, has a surprising pedigree for a $12 bottle. Conn Creek is a winery on Silverado Trail that…
This week’s Bargain Wine is the 2015 Criss Cross Petite Sirah. The wine has 10% Syrah added. Most of the grapes come from the Clarksburg region, with the…
This week’s Bargain Wine is Broadside Merlot from Paso Robles. The California city of Paso Robles sits about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is at…
This week’s bargain wine of the week is Spanish: 2015 OGV “Old Garnacha Vines” from Bodegas Virgen de la Sierra. The mountain vineyard lies between Madrid and Zaragoza,…
Having recently returned to the US, we have not had an opportunity to shop for new bargain wine candidates. However, in looking through the app that I use…
I returned home from a day at work to find our flat filled with the odours of ravioli and garlic bread baking in the oven and a glass…