Archive for the ‘The Spit Bucket’ Category

Raucous? yes. Wrecked us? Certainly.

Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Cheap and Red, Odds & Ends, The Spit Bucket, Washington State | No Comments »

When you think of great wine cultures your mind conjures up provinces of France, rugged struggling vines in Spain, fruit & nut Californians, enterprising Australians, and Carmenere-saving Chileans. Probably the last culture you would associate with viniculture are horn-helmeted raiders ...

Apologies dear reader*.

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in The Spit Bucket | No Comments »

I fell ill just after Christmas with a nasty head cold, which transformed into an even nastier case of Bronchitis, a malady I suffered with often in childhood. It hasn't bothered me in decades but came back to haunt me ...

Don’t Buy This Wine… unless you have a bird to cook.

Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Cheap and Red, New Zealand, Pinot Noir, The Spit Bucket | No Comments »

While dining at our favorite local bistro, I saw a Pinot on the wine list from New Zealand. Being a fearless barbarian I gave it a go. It was wonderful. Light, fruity, very different in character to a French, Oregon, ...

Don’t Buy This Wine: Oak Grove Petite Sirah

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in California, Cheap and Red, Petite Sirah, The Spit Bucket | 1 Comment »

Unless of course you need a good prison quality meat marinade. Blech. Until last night, I felt about Petite Sirah like Will Rogers about people: I never met a Petite Sirah I didn't like. Will Rogers never met Dick Cheney, but ...