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Every once in a while I catch an excellent tasting at a local wine shop whose peddling one of their recent arrivals. The latest offering I was able to try was the 2006 Castello del Terriccio Lupicaia. Hailing from the…

Ferrari Carano may be among the most beautiful places in all of California wine country.  Made to look like a Tuscan wine estate, the grounds feature dusty roads lined with cypress trees and acres of gardens with flowers galore. 50…

A little R&R from the normal grind over the last few days but that certainly didn’t mean the reviews and data points wouldn’t keep coming. At the Capital Grille in Washington, D.C. we had what could only be described as…

In today’s era of consumer sought instant gratification, it seems wineries are crafting Cabernets with ever increasing levels of glycerin, extract, ripeness, and alcohol in a bid to attain the ever elusive gargantuan score that will propel them to the…

We had guests® over from the United Kingdom this week and therefore we had to show them a bit of Tuscan hospitality. We started with an amazing antipasto of gamberi & cannellini beans.  This is a must try primi and…