Two Wines, One Winery.
Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Washington State | 3 Comments »Last week it was two wines from Chile, this week it is two from Washington state... sort of the American equivalent of Chile I guess. Both have dry desert areas, glacier-clad volcanoes that occasionally erupt. Both sport fjords filled with ...
Shootout at the Chilean Corral!
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Chile, Merlot, Syrah | No Comments »Time to try something different here at The Wine Barbarian: Mortal Combat! I ventured into The Cellar today to pick a wine for dinner. While that sounds pretentious let me dash your illusions as my "cellar" is just an unfinished room ...
Woodinville Wow Cellars!
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, On Somebody Else's Tab, Washington State | No Comments »First off this is, by far, the best stuff I have reviewed to date. Seriously good stuff. A few weeks ago Mrs. Barbarian & I celebrated our wedding anniversary. Unlike my birthday, which is a budget affair, we have to go ...
2005 Seven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, On Somebody Else's Tab, Washington State | No Comments »One of my co-workers came back from a Costco run with this wine in hand for our Friday afternoon imbibery. It is a Seven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon, from the Columbia Valley of Washington. It is a big, powerful red. Unfortunately ...
Veramonte Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 Reserva
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Chile | No Comments »This is one of the wines I grabbed on that rampage through the wine section a while back. As promised here is the review. Not a bad Cab, but it isn't a mind-blower. But hey, what do you expect for under ...
Nuevomundo es bueno!
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Chile, Malbec | 3 Comments »The Vinagoth has been in a minor love affair with Chilean wines for a while now. I stumbled upon this one during my weekly skulk around the wine section of my local grocery. They had signs up about how it ...
