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Comment on Cono Sur 2008 Carmenère. Toughest wine review, ever. by Vinagoth

Vinagoth — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:12:15 +0000

Thanks! Various life issues have kept me away, but I’m back!

Comment on Cono Sur 2008 Carmenère. Toughest wine review, ever. by St. Bernardus

St. Bernardus — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:39:07 +0000

Nice review–glad to see you writing them again. I enjoy the blog.

Cono Sur wines are great value, no doubt. If you can, check out their “vision” series–maybe $15 or so, but really good.

Comment on Value Red from Chile: Santa Rita 2007 Reserva Carménère by Vinagoth » Blog Archive » Cono Sur 2008 Carmenère. Toughest wine review, ever.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000

[...] how hard I worked to get to this point I would have loved to uncovered a gem, but this one wasn’t that amazing. Good, but not [...]

Comment on Big Food needs Big Wine by markc

markc — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:33:10 +0000

Many of the wines featured here don’t seem to make to our local distributors.

I happened to be in one of our local liquor stores yesterday looking for some new Malbec to try and there was the Concannon Petite Sirah on the shelf for $9.99

I grabbed a bottle and look forward to trying it with the vegetable lasagna I just made.

Comment on An excellent introduction to New Zealand Pinot Noir. by Vinagoth » Blog Archive » A go-to Pinot

Vinagoth » Blog Archive » A go-to Pinot — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:50:00 +0000

[...] unpalatable swill. There is however an exception: Momo Pinot Noir from New Zealand. I’ve mentioned it before and as I tasted some recently it is worth mentioning again. I generally buy a few bottles of Momo [...]

Comment on Nuevomundo es bueno! by Vinagoth » Blog Archive » A “Super Chilean” … No Bull.

Vinagoth » Blog Archive » A “Super Chilean” … No Bull. — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:05:21 +0000

[...] (any bottles, mix&match), so I grabbed this along with 3 others (a bottle of aussie port, a Nuevo Mundo Cab/Malbec blend, and a California wine I’ll try later this week.) This discount knocked the cost down to [...]

Comment on Mystery Windfall by motobecane

motobecane — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:46:20 +0000

nice to see some new posts from the barbarian

¡Salud!

Comment on Wine Blogging Wednesday, Value Red from Chile: Our little Secreto by Vinagoth » Blog Archive

Vinagoth » Blog Archive — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:14:45 +0000

[...] I fell in love with a cheap Chilean Malbec by the name of “Secreto” I kept my eye out for other wines from the same maker. By random chance while in a grocery store in [...]

Comment on Value Red from Chile: Santa Rita 2007 Reserva Carménère by Vinagoth » Blog Archive » A Tale of Two Carmenères: Beresan & Root:1

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:04:49 +0000

[...] as I’d expect a good Carmenère to drink; deep, rich, complex, and flavorful. While not as massively dense as some I’ve tried, it certainly isn’t what you would call light. Between the four of us the bottle went pretty [...]

Comment on Basel Cellars 2006 Claret by Vinagoth » Blog Archive » Much Merriment

Vinagoth » Blog Archive » Much Merriment — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:00:32 +0000

[...] Walla Walla place up in Washington, specifically Basel Cellars. We’d really enjoyed their Claret which was a cheap thrill indeed. This other selection was called “Merriment“. What [...]